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> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:55:08 +1300
> From: andrew <hobbit@...>
> Since this regularly comes up (I was the culprit once), what would a
> EuroEnglish look like? What are the sound changes that our friend(s)
> Johnny make to EuroEnglish and how can we sensibly describe them without
> retreating into xenophobia?
I hear people from most European countries speaking English at work
each day. There's almost no features in common --- of course /T/ and
/D/ are often changed, but the result varies a lot according to native
languages.
We also have a Belgian who speaks perfect Californian.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)