Re: CHAT: Introduction
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 30, 2002, 13:25 |
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Quoting Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>:
> On 30 Jul 02, at 6:24, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
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> > That *is* interesting -- I suspect that's restricted to the
> > Antipodes.
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> Does "Antipodes" in this context mean "Australia"?
"Antipodes" and "antipodean" are both collectives that refer to
members of the Commonwealth or former British colonies in the South
Pacific Ocean. Hence: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
and various of *those* countries' claims (e.g. Christmas Island).
> If so, I'd like to
> mention that I've seen that sort of thing happen in England as well.
> I've even seen "Saz" (pronounced to rhyme with "hairs", in a non-rhotic
> accent) from "Sarah".
That doesn't surprise me. A great many oddities of American
nonstandard dialects, similarly, have exact analogs tucked
away in some corner of Britain or another.
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