Happy tensing after /l/
Happy tensing is claimed by Wikipedia to occur in General American and Australian English in words like “happy”, “money”, “valley” etc. Here’s an American lady saying “realy badly” as [ˈriɫɪ ˈbædɫɪ] at 1:07:53: https://youtu.be/4LWKWjMNaOs?t=4073 To my ear it’s nowhere near [i] as in “ease”, regardless of the length. And here’s an AmEn speaker with real … Read more