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Re: ...not what I mean (fwd)

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Saturday, September 25, 1999, 3:23
On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Matt Pearson wrote:

> >On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, andrew wrote: > > > >> Some clever wordplay on how not to answer the telephone for your > >> edification. > > > >> * "That's what I asked you. What's your name?" > >> * "That's what I told you. Watt's my name." > > > >Obviously they don't distinguish [w] and [hw]. > > And they must have the same vowel in both words. I actually have > different vowels in "what" and "Watt". "What" rhymes with "nut", > while "Watt" rhymes with "not".
Myself also. Padraic.
> > Matt. >