Date:  Sat, 5 Mar 1994 16:13:56 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: /lIngwIstIks/



I've had a couple of students, both from cental Missouri, who do not have

a final velar nasal. [kin] = 'king' or 'keen' and [kIn] = 'kin'

These were graduate students who understood and liked phonetics, and I

observed their speech closely. One was an advisee whom I saw often, and

I noted the [-in] pronunciation of '-ing' in conversation. DMLance