Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

 --- And Rosta <a.rosta@...> wrote: > Philip
Newton:
> > On 5 Sep 02, at 13:00, bnathyuw wrote:
> >
> > > what _is_ very common is [tr\EIt] for [tr\EI] in
> the
> > > word 'trait'
> >
> > The reminds me -- pronouncing "forte" (strong
> point) as if it were
> > "forté" (/fOrtej/ or something like that).
>
> That's one to add to the list, though it's a
> marginal example,
> both because it's now standard (like lingeray in
> USA) and because
> it results not from faulty foreignization but from
> confusing it
> with the word _forte_ borrowed from Italian.
ultrapedantic example :

name of punctuation mark : /'&p@,strQf/ ( greek
apóstrophos ? accent )
name of rhetorical device : /@'pQstr@fi:/ ( greek
apostrophé: )

both now converged on the latter

bn

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

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