Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 5, 2003, 16:51 |
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Tristan McLeay scripsit:
> I understand there's a place in America called 'Wooster', named
> after Worcester.
It's in the non-rhotic part of Massachusetts, and is locally pronounced
[wust@], with a tense [u].
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John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com ccil.org/~cowan
Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos --Lithuanian proverb
Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem --Latin version thereof
Deity donated dentition;
deity'll donate doughnuts --English version by Muke Tever
God gave gums; God'll give granary --Version by Mat McVeagh
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