Re: R: Re: Correction, I hope, of M/C URL
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 17, 2000, 17:56 |
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Jens_Daniel Persson wrote:
> Americans pronounce their version of the word 'smörgåsbord' ridiculously if
> you expect it sound like it is pronounced in swedish. But they don't use the
> swedish word smörgåsbord, they use the american word smörgåsbord!
Yup. Spelled "smorgasbord", pronounced /smORgIsbORd/, where /R/ = null if
you are non-rhotic.
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