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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Thursday, September 5, 2002, 21:50
--- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
> And Rosta scripsit: > > * lingeré > > This is the standard and universal U.S. > pronunciation; although m-w.com > lists a pronunciation ending in [i], I have never > heard anyone use it, > and strongly suspect it does not exist.
I vary between [e] and [i]. Some other Forn words with that funny pointy bit over the e vary similarly. /krEm bruli/ comes to mind and /Epi/ (Sorry Christophe, etc. for mangling la langue d'amour (/lar l&Ngju di emor/)! ;) Fiancé(e) doesn't seem to vary this way: it's always [e].
> John Cowan
Padraic. ===== parla, mays ben parla; et pharleir becko il maboun. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com

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