Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 24, 1999, 14:31 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Well, that only applies to English English, American English uses
> "jail".
Okay, if you don't like "gaol", then contemplate "through" /Tru/,
"though" /Do/, "rough" /rVf/, "cough" /kO:f/, "bough" /bau/,
"furlough" /fVrlo/, "borough" /bOr@ ~ bOro/, "hough" /h0k ~ hak/,
and "hiccough" /hIk@p/. The last two are probably singletons.
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