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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 16:17
* bnathyuw said on 2002-09-17 14:37:58 +0200
> * 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/ [..]
To go with the pronounciation of Uranus? t., looking for ways to ignore this ¤%& cold...