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Re: CHAT: The King of Glottal Stops Reigns Supreme!

From:Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
Date:Sunday, January 27, 2002, 5:37
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