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Re: dialectal diversity in English

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 22:21
On Wed, 7 May 2003 21:29:22 +0100 Joe <joe@...> writes:
> Maybe you could give us a phonetic demonstration of a West Virginian > dialect?
hmm... it's been a few months since i've been to west virginia, and the ones i remember best are the ones i can actually understand... how about: [AjVzdZIs:VpEr\On:IwIlsVnzl&njEstIdIj&n:Er\Vz:VO5Er\dIdiIr\VpEr\] (one poacher to another...) -- Robert Wilson (aka kuvazokad, eltirno, edeí...) http://www.kuvazokad.tk/ -- http://kuvazokad.free.fr/ vkky vnkynvj vknyknj ykkv knvy? karkalone kontoko? kinsi rorotan kinsa nadas? baitta ke farzaiyai? qxracc pqqattiircx iia kxqqhwiiallccre? spreken þu viserdya? pake biru ka pa rede? "boys speak in rhythm and girls just lie." -- anberlin - "foreign language" narav teraz' iroti kojes krat erarota kuna, ysivaz' entas naradas krat zuny narav kuraz dityvyszi, radyji, sa rodyji dimokrosi zosa endas d' erensa dades kirs ins wiz "They are not in Baghdad. They are not in control of any airport. I tell you this. It is all a lie. They lie. It is a hollywood movie. You do not believe them." -- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/M/O d-(---) s: a18 C++$ UL++++>$ P+>++ L+(++)>++++ E--- W++(+++) N o? K--- w+(--) O?> M-- V? PS PE+ Y+(++) PGP++ t+(*) 5-- X+++ R- tv b+++ DI+ D--- G++++ e h! r-- y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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