Re: verbal diarrhoea
| From: | Damon M. Lord <lorddm@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 14, 2001, 2:11 |
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On 13 Sep 2001, at 19:44, Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> I was just wondering what various con- and natlangs (and dialects) use to
> 'umm' or 'aah'.
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> To start off with, Aussies tend to prefer 'umm', and I understand Japanese
> 'anoo' (but I could be wrong).
Wessisc uses "æ" (pronounced as in English "bad"), or "ah" (as in
English "father").
Japanese, if I remember aright, is "ee tou..." - not come across
"anoo" yet.
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