SS/PS question

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
>
>  
> > Geoff:
> > No, I didn't suggest that.
> > 
> > In your post 37399, you gave two examples for 'i'. For long 'i',
> > you suggested the pronoun 'I' and for the short 'i' as in 'it'.
> > 
> > Neither of these covers the 'i' sound of 'machine' which is precisely
> > the reason for my comment above.
> 
> Potioncat:
> 
> OK, OK. You've had your fun.
> 
> So, just how does the 'i' in machine sound?

Geoff:
Mehsheen or summat similar.

Which, as I have said, doesn't fit the 'I/it example.