a random thought about regressive assimilation

[fox]

why don't we say *imvisible? (is it because [v] is labiodental rather than bilabial?)

Comments

[gaeta.livejournal.com]

I have now decided that in connected speech it's likely that the word is somewhere between in and im visible. Or at least that this is so for a great number of speakers. Say "I'm invisible" a few times and see what I mean.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

i think in rapid speech there's probably a lot more of the labio-dental nasal like that girl in high school used to have instead of [m], actually. :-) a segment i am going to call, until i hear a better suggestion, the "hum-V."