Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

 --- And Rosta <a.rosta@...> wrote:
>
> I have the impression that Americans are more likely
> than British to
> apply the [+foreign] feature to a word, too.
>
> (Somewhat tangentially, the discussion (& mention of
> the "empan[y]ada"
> in the text you posted the url to) prompts me to ask
> if anyone can
> suggest additions to the following list of common
> mispronunciations of
> nativized foreignisms, which I have collected from
> many many hours
> of watching American TV programmes:
> * coup de gras
> * chaise lounge
> * momento
for what ? it's latin, ne ?

> * lingeré
in yUK, langerie

> * marquis/marquee of Queensbury [I only heard this
> once, so don't know
> if it's common])
i would say /mA:kwIs/. i _think_ that's right for the
british title but i'm not entirely o fay ( ;-> ) with
all the titles' pronunciations

>
how about
*bruscetta /br@'SEt@/ for bruschetta
*macco for macho ( a middle class affectation : taking
it to be an italian word, despite italian never using
|ch| before an adolphus letter )

i've also noticed that americans seem more likely to
put the stress of words like 'brochure' 'cha^teau' &c
on the final syllable, whilst the british transfer it
to the first, and in the case of 'brochure' reduce the
final syllable ( ['br\3US@] )

bn

=====
bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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