Re: OT: Intergermansk - Traveller's Phrasebook

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:03:04 -0600, Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> wrote:

>You're correct in correcting him here, but it actually isn't the
>case that underlying /j/ always surfaces as [j].  It often forces
>palatalization when "you" cliticizes to the preceding word:
>"did you" becoming [dIdZ@], in every English dialect of which
>I'm aware.
>
>> The lazy American speech habits might even slur "tank du"
>> into "tanku" or something =/ You never know...
>
>So, are all Germanophones as gratuitously rude and uncouth as you,
>or are you unique? You're not the first I've had unpleasant
>experiences with, I must say...
Huh? It was Gary who came up with the "lazy American speech habits".
Besides that, it's rather *you* who often are "gratuitously rude and
uncouth", and you're not the first American I've had unpleasant experiences
with, either...
However, I'm not as arrogant as to make sweeping generalizations about all
Americans from that. I know many Americans who are very nice actually, but
some apparently can't behave.
EOT

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