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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Thursday, September 5, 2002, 12:00
 --- "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote: >
Quoting bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>:
> > > --- "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote: > > > > > > I dunno. My impression is that people mark > > > [+foreign] in the context with which they are > most > > > familiar. Last time we had this discussion, I > > > mentioned the woman in Britain who invited > > > my professor to a restaurant that served > > > [f@dZaIt@z], > > > > me : [f@xi:t3U] > > Right. I am well aware that there are many people > in > Britain who know how the word is pronounced in > Spanish. > It was only an example of the phenomenon under > discussion, > and was not intended as a stereotype. (This woman > also, > FWIW, pronounced <Tejano> as [t@'dZ&n3u].) >
what _is_ very common is [tr\EIt] for [tr\EI] in the word 'trait' as for 'garage' both ['g&r\A:Z] ( note stress ) and ['g&r\IdZ] occur in yUK. i use the former, but it's not that common bn ===== bnathyuw | landan | arR stamp the sunshine out | angelfish your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>foreignisms [was Re: The [+foreign] attribute]
John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>