Re: USAGE: XH etc. (was: RE: RV: Old English)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 31, 2000, 11:02 |
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At 06:58 31.3.2000 +0100, Raymond Brown wrote:
[khosa]
>All the S.African anglophones I've met pronounce it /'kous@/ or /'ko:s@/.
>Chambers Dictionary gives /'kous@/ or /'kouz@/.
>
> >I've a vague idea it starts with some kind
> >of lateral click, but expect to be enlightened by responses to this
> >message.
>
>An voiceless, aspirated lateral click - and the /o/ is, of course. 'pure'.
Since _Lluyd_ [sp?] became _Floyd_ in English one would expect /klows@/ or
/klO:sa/ from the SAF Anglos. A lateral click certainly doesn't sound
/k/-ish to me!
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson <mailto:bpj@...>bpj@netg.se
<mailto:melroch@...>melroch@my-deja.com
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