Re: Western Canadian vowels (was Re: SoCal vowels)

On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 04:01:33PM -0700, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
> On Sat, 12 May 2001, Eric Christopherson wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 10:29:47AM -0700, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
> > > ["aj k@d6 %gA:n]  (A is IPA script a, right?)
> >
> > Yes, at least in SAMPA and X-SAMPA it is. But I thought [Q] (rotated script
> > a or rounded low back) was general throughout Canada. (But are you a native
> > speaker?)
> >
>
> Hm. Am I a native speaker. I don't know. I was born in Vancouver. Promptly
> went to Hungary. Came back age 4 speaking only Hungarian and a few Russian
> songs...stayed till 6, learned English in that time. Went back to Hungary
> for a year, back to Canada for 3, to Yugoslavia for a year, back to Canada
> for good.
Quite an enigma you are!

> -------ferko
> Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
>
> Free British Columbia!
How do I get in on this offer? I've always wanted my own province, and I
hear it's beutiful :D

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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo

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