Grand Unified Theory

António Pedro Marques · 25 Aug 2010, 16:37 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:37:22 +0100
Subject: (urth) Grand Unified Theory
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Ryan Dunn wrote (25-08-2010 17:31):
>
> On Aug 25, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>
>>> 2. Most modern readers will instinctively pronounce his name:
>>> TAY-fun
>>
>> Really? I pronounced it TIE-fawn.
>
> (...)
> Also, isn't it hard to put the stress on the first syllable when the
> second one is 'fawn'? Just curious, because feels awkward when I try it.

I suspect Dan'l means his fawn vowel but shorter.

Post-stress vowels tend to be reduced in english, but not always completely.
For instance, I think most people don't pronounce 'corridor' as 'corrider'. 
-on and -or names seem to be prone to this exceptionality.

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