Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 5:07 |
Roger Mills scripsit:
> Harumph. So apparently I'm not an American...:-))) I've been mentally
> pronouncing it /r\Ost@/ (or with Q?, anyway it rhymes with "raw") from Day 1
> of my tenure here
Not what I meant, merely that Americans say /ou/ for "long o", whereas
Brits, or at least RP-speakers, say /@u/.
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