| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 4:45 |
Emily Zilch wrote:> { Andreas Johansson } > > "I'm afraid I've got a schwa in the first syllable of 'America' (when > speaking English) [snip]" > > to tie off this snarky flamebait, let me note that many people have a > schwa in BOTH [a]s of "America" when speaking English, or even have > only one ("Merr'cuh").Indeed, and the Irish for "America" is <Meiricea'> /m_jE4_jIk_jA:/ :) s. -- What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he Stephen Mulraney were like a man, but if he is an immense spinning http://ataltane.net sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent? ataltane@ataltane.net -- Richard P. Feynman http://livejournal.com/~ataltane
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