Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute
| From: | bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 16, 2002, 11:53 |
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--- Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...> wrote: > ---
Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:
> > --- In conlang@y..., Padraic Brown
> <elemtilas@Y...>
> > wrote:
> > > --- Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@E...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> she tends to get flustered and say [pRi'fi].
> > > >
> > > > How should it be pronounced? [pRi fis]?
> > >
> > > Well, /prIks fiks'e/, of course! Christophe...?
> >
> > Prix fixe is /pRi fiks/.
>
> Ah, /'prifiks/. No wonder Mrs Cowan always
> hesitated.
> Bloody French - can't even spell "prefix" right. ;^>
> Course, wouldn't it have served better to skip the
> grammar lesson and get right into the menu? Perhaps
> if
> they'd spelled it in IPA... :S
ooh ! french food in IPA ! yum.
i think i'll have a /SEvR@ So/ followed by an /A~dujEt
a la mutaR avEk de fRit E yn salad vERt/ with /sORbe o
kasis/ to finish with. and, cuz i seem to visit
normandie more than anywhere else, i'll have /yn butEj
t sidR@ bRyt/
hmmm ! looks pretty outlandish !
bn
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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre
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