tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856077.post110701863518392114..comments2023-03-11T05:22:36.232-04:00Comments on House of All Sorts: dropped yods,eh?canaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03676078694517781563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856077.post-1107048208783319892005-01-29T21:23:00.000-04:002005-01-29T21:23:00.000-04:00"A yod is what linguists call the palatal glide on..."A yod is what linguists call the palatal glide one brings to the pronunciation of words such as 'news' (nyooz), 'tune' (tyoon) and 'student' (styoodent)". I was reacting to an article in the Globe of this morning by Michael Valpy on the recent conference on Canadian English -I've added a link to the article. <br /><br />Thanks for looking in.canaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676078694517781563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856077.post-1107029167059473392005-01-29T16:06:00.000-04:002005-01-29T16:06:00.000-04:00What's a "yod?"What's a "yod?"Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955201042525800045noreply@blogger.com