Re: THEORY: Question: Bound Morphemes

Barry Garcia wrote:
>>kljensen@image.dk writes:
>>In my dialect (International School Manila English - which is=20
>>probably very close to the English spoken in California),
>
>=A1Estoy confundido! LOL. Would you do us the honor of explaining what=20
>you mean by "The English spoken in California" =3D)?=20
I'm mean exactly what I said. ;-)=20

>Im just a confused Californio who didn't know his English was=20
>different from the English in other states :).
Sure there are differences! For instance, my dialect, ISM English,=20
does not have vowel raising that characterizes Pacific Northwest,=20
some Northern US states, and Canada. (E.g., I don't say something=20
like [@'b@Ut] for "about", but I say [@'baUt]). My speech does not=20
have that strong nasalization before a nasal consonant that=20
characterizes the so called Southerners. (E.g., I don't say something=20
like ['s&.@~m] for "Sam", but I just say [s&:m]). My speech also does=20
not have the so called bunched-r that characterizes the New England=20
dialects. (E.g., I don't say something like [hoId] for "heard", but I=20
say [hr=3Dd] with a syllabic retroflexed approximant). The list of=20
things I don't do in my speech is practically endless. My dialect=20
_is_ American! But if its not Pacific Northwest, nor Northern US, nor=20
Canada, nor Southern, nor New England, then ISM English must be=20
reminiscent of Californian or maybe even Hawai'ian.

-kristian- 8)