Roumania, alligators,

>From: John Cowan <cowan@...>
>Subject: Roumania, alligators, "this here" (was: Just a Little Taste ...)
>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:10:07 -0400
>
>Raymond A. Brown wrote:
>> cf.
>> colloquial English "this 'ere").
>
>Pronounced [DISj@R] in my dialect.
In my laziest moments I pronounce /Is Ir/.

However, my dad is like to pronounce /IstSi@r/. Sends shivvers down my spine, just like
fingernails on a blackboard.

Adam Walker

>
>--
>John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
>        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
>        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
>                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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