CHAT: /sidR/ v [zOId@r\]

 --- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote: >
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
>
> > And /sidR/ is one of the best reason to come back
> (I miss
> > it, here in Holland they don't have any
> consideration for /sidR/, they consider
> > it a cheap version of bubbly wine :(( ...
>
> So cross the sea to Grande-Normandie, where
> /'zUId@/, though not the drink
> of the majority any longer, is still held in esteem
> by the discriminating.
> (And for those like myself, who drink no alcohol,
> Martinelli's of California
> is not to be despised -- I regularly drink it on New
> Year's Eve.)
>
well, in london, as in much of the non-west country
uk, [sAIdV] is what teenagers drink before they
graduate onto beer. altho the number of alcopops now
available may have ousted the likes of white
lightning, lightbulb ( guess what shape the bottle is
) and k's in favour of bacardi breezers and smirnoff
ices

but there is of course still west country [zOId@r\] (
was this what you were referring to john ? not
entirely sure as your diphthong's different from mine
and i've always seen the stereotypical west country
accent as heavily rhotic ). but i'm afraid i'm going
to be a traitor to my country and prefer /sidR/ to
scrumpy

bn

=====
bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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