Re: CHAT: The King of Glottal Stops Reigns Supreme!
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 27, 2002, 5:37 |
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Adam Walker wrote:
> >From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
> >Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:36:02 -0500
> >
> >Joe Hill wrote:
> > > Sounds VERY South African.
> >
> >The December/Remember thing?
> >
> >The thing is, AFAIK, I've never met any South Africans, so it can only
> >be coincidence. :-)
> >
>
> Doesn't sound all that /suT IfrIkAn/ to me.
Perhaps there are multiple dialects, but I would've said [sAuT Efr@k@n].
Which also works for New Zealanders (in fact, I thought a teacher of mine
from last year, who was South African, was from New Zealand at first).
Tristan