Re: Diphthongs
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 7, 2001, 17:45 |
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On Saturday, October 6, 2001, at 12:04 , Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> Quoting Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>:
>> Well, in my Texas English it *is* one sound. The monophthongization of
>> /aj/ is a beauteous thing. *g*
>
> That's also a general Southern phenomenon, too.
>
If only I had a Texan accent...*no one* believes me when I say I was born
and (partly) raised in Houston. Though I guess currently I'm imitating a
New Yorker imitating a Californian.
> BTW, how many Texans do we have on this list? The recent thread
> on Texas weirdness made me realize we have about have a dozen
> (you, me, Cian, Dan, others?).
>
<raising hand> And also one of the three from SBISD, as you pointed out.
Strangeness. I wish I'd been there for more than 3 years. <sigh> At
least, I sure don't know of any other conlangers from Seoul Foreign School.
..
YHL
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