Re: English: Thou
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 22, 2000, 20:09 |
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BP Jonsson wrote:
> At 21:36 21.6.2000 -0400, Robert Hailman wrote:
> >Or maybe /jau/ for the plural, /ju/ for the singular? Just a thought.
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> That /jao/ is how some Brits would pronounce the spelling _yall_! :-)
I've noticed that there's a lot of extreme velarization in some urban
dialects I've heard on British sitcoms and dramas like "Eastenders".
Is that really that common?
FWIW, it's happens all across the South, too, in the US, though only
really rurally.
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