Re: Ashamed of [T]? (fy: /T/ -> /t_d/?)

Pascal A. Kramm wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:50:06 +0200, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
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>>On Nov 10, 2004, at 6:56 AM, B. Garcia wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:56:04 +0000, Simon Richard Clarkstone
>>><s.r.clarkstone@...> wrote:
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>>>>Pascal A. Kramm wrote:
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>>>>>"Hacking cough"? O_o Now that's something I haven't ever heard.
>>>>>That's clearly even far worse than just "disgusting" >_<
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>>>>I can understand [O_o] (extra-rounded open-mid back vowel), but what
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>>>>it got to do with a "hacking cough"?  And what is [>_<]?  Some form of
>>>>implosive?  If you meant [>\_>] (ejective epiglottal plosive), then
>>>>that
>>>>*is* a good rendition of a "Hacking cough".
>>>>--
>>>>Simon Richard Clarkstone
>>>>s.r.cl*rkst*n*@durham.ac.uk / s*m*n_cl*rkst*n*@hotmail.com
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>>O_o and >_< aren't supposed to be IPA in Pascal's message - they're
>>smileys!  Upright smileys!
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>Three cheers for Stephen! You got it! :D
>(Hint - :D is also a smiley)
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You people seem to have a lack of ability to detect irony ;)

I took that as a joke.