Re: C (was: Acadon (was: Lingwa de Planeta))

From: R A Brown <ray@...>

> Did I really write that? Me miserum!
Can't find miserum in the dictionary. May we assume that it's "vae mihi" in a synonymous guise?

> Eric Christopherson wrote:
>  > Even when not discussing that team, <Celt> and <Celtic> are often
>  > pronounced with /s/, in the US.
> Sorry - should've known the 'Merkans would be different  :)
> I should have written: "Yet 'Celt', 'Celtic' etc. are (almost always)
> invariably pronounced 'kelt', 'keltic' etc. in Britain, at least when
> referring to language or supposed ethnicity."
Key word in Eric's sentence is "often." Though I've usually heard /k/ when it
comes to ethnicity (I've never heard anyone say Sentum/Satem), the sports
phenom does seem to have caused some cross-pollination. But, with the rise of
Enya-esque music groups chirping away in bonnie brogues, we 'Merkans may very
well be heading back to the korrekt Keltick /pAT/ (i.e. I haven't heard of
Seltic music).
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Different post (trying to save): Ray/Eugene

Though our northern brethren usually pronounce /&/ as [a]; but they do
not have /A/ in 'dance', 'path' etc. I suppose a 'Merkan hearing someone
from the north of England say "tap dancing" with [a] might mistake it as
/tAp dAnsIN/ - but we southerners would certainly understand it as a
realization of /t&p d&nsIN/.

> In fact,
> /t&p dAnsiN/ is how Brits say it.
Some - mainly in the south of England   :)

Then thanks to the southern Macnee (if, indeed, he is), 'cause I heard /t&p dAnsIN/.

Kou