Re: CONLANG Digest - 7 Sep 2000 to 8 Sep 2000 (#2000-245)

Nik Taylor wrote:

>> Dictionaries can't help much either, 'cause I don't trust mine much after I
>> see it tells me to pronounce <robot> as /"roU.b@t/ or /"ra.b@t/...
>
>How old was the dictionary?  Cause I have heard /@/ used once or twice
>in that word.  I wonder if it's an earlier pronunciation?
That /@/ is the only way my father ever pronounces the word.  He turns 50 next
month, so that should give an idea of how old the pronunciation is.







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