Re: Icelandic umlauts.

>From: Oskar Gudlaugsson <hr_oskar@...>
>brain-washing, most of it, I'd say. Do others here have experience with
>pre-scriptivism in modern schools? How do you feel about it?
Sheesh, did I feel like they were pushing "Middle American English" on me,
while my family spoke a very marked Southern, more precisely East Texan,
accent.  The diphthing [ai] stuck in my craw the most.  I was used to saying
[a+] (tongue advanced towards [ae)].)  The suburbanoids of Houston, Dallas
and Austin can say all the [ai]'s all they want :P  I speak Redneck.

Diphthing?  Hey, a neologism!  I'll keep that one.

Daniel A. Wier  ¶¦¬þ
Lufkin, Texas USA
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