LINGUIST List 2.587

Sat 28 Sep 1991

Qs: Warning, Nonsense syllables, Dialects

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Message 1: Re: 2.549 Warning

Date: Fri, 27 Sep 91 12:47 PDT
From: Pamela Munro <IBENAJYMVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: 2.549 Warning
RE: Machine-readable dictionaries I have a former student who works with speech synthesis (now on German). He has asked me for references to machine-readable dictionaries of well known languages (e.g. English, Spanish, German) with pronunciations in pho- netic symbols (not necessarily IPA, anything is fine). I have the feeling I may have missed some postings about related subjects in the last few months, but hope that any of you who know anything about this will let me know, either directly to me or to the net. I will inform you all of any responses I receive on this subject. Thanks so much for your help. Pam Munro

Message 2: Nonsense syllables

Date: Fri, 27 Sep 91 15:49:01 EDT
From: Gary Strong <STRONGDUVM.BITNET>
Subject: Nonsense syllables
I need a reference on English Language nonsense syllables for use in psychological experimentation, specifically 3-letter syllables, e.g. "wiv", "ret", "ard", ... Is there a standard list available? Please respond to me directly at "strongduvm" on bitnet or "strongduvm.ocs.drexel.edu" on internet. Gary W. Strong, Associate Professor College of Information Studies Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA Tel.: 215-895-2482; FAX: 215-895-2494

Message 3: PA dialects

Date: Sat, 28 Sep 91 13:54:59 -0400
From: <ataylorlinc.cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: PA dialects
Since we seem to be on the topic of PA dialects, here's a usage I've wondered about for some time. I have a friend who hails from Pittsburgh and she uses "whenever" when I (and everyone else I've ever heard) would use "when". So she says things like "whenever I was in college we'd go to Friendly's every weekend" although she was only in college once and shes means "during the timespan I was in college we went..." and not "I was in college a bunch of times and each time we went...". Has anyone else ever heard this?