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Re: English is a crazy language

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 8:17
En réponse à Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>:

> > Strange. I've only heard it pronounced with a [s]. [klouz] is a verb > (to shut) while [klous] is an adjective (near), and I've always heard > them distinguished in this manner. Listen [klousli] next time someone > says both words ;) (Or look it up in the dictionary.) >
And I've only ever heard [klouzli] too! Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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John Cowan <jcowan@...>