Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute
| From: | Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 13, 2002, 1:15 |
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--- 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
> -- Christian Thalmann
Padraic.
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