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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, September 12, 2002, 18:50
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> I did recognise it. And are there really people saying such things?
I cannot quite get my wife to say "prix fixe" correctly (and it's important, because we eat in one French restaurant or another at least once a month or so): she tends to get flustered and say [pRi'fi]. Americans don't learn foreign languages, y'know. -- We call nothing profound jcowan@reutershealth.com that is not wittily expressed. John Cowan --Northrop Frye (improved) http://www.reutershealth.com

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