Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute
| From: | bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 12:38 |
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--- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote: >
daniel andreasson scripsit:
>
> > "How do you pronounce 'ananas' in English,
> ['&n@n@s] or
> > [@'n&n@s]?"
> >
> > Now, most people reply ['&n@n@s] when of course
> it's rather
> > more like ['paIn,&pl=]. :)
>
> Ironically, if we did use that word we would surely
> pronounce it
> [@n'&n@s], with the usual [+foreign] penultimate
> stress.
> Rhymes with "bananas".
>
hmmm. i'ld have thought /@'nA:n@s/, /'&n@n@s/ or (
double hmmm ) /@'nEIn@s/ were possible. but given that
in uk french is the least rare l2, /,&n@'nA:/ would be
my bet
reminds me of liz windsor stating in ( i think ) her
xmas speech 'this has been /@n'?EIn@s/ horribilis'
was never sure whether this was the currently known
meaning of 'anus' or the one where it means 'old
woman' . . .
bn
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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre
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