Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 1, 1999, 2:21 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Raymond Brown wrote:
> > I still hear the occasional /'tO:t@s/, thank heavens.
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> I've ONLY ever heard /tort@s/ or /tortIs/
You mean, you've never heard anyone say things like /fOr@st/
for <forest>? My mom always says that (given the opportunity),
and I always look at her weirdly for it. :-/
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