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Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Sunday, October 5, 2003, 13:25
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: USAGE: Re: Re: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)


> On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Joe wrote: > > > From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...> > > > Well, if it's pronounced the same as the sauce is, then it's a /U/ in > > > StdE. I understand there's a place in America called 'Wooster', named > > > after Worcester. (Though in English the sauce is Worcestershire Sauce > > > (with the i pronounced long but unshifted, i.e. as ee) ... is it not
in
> > > Russian?) > > > > > > > I've seen both Worcester and Worcestershire. And Worcestershire in
English
> > English is [wUst@S@]. > > English English maybe, but not English
And where's Worcestershire? ;-)

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Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>