Re: USAGE: [CONLANG] A discourse on Phonemics (was:
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 12:54 |
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And Rosta scripsit:
> I say /r@UT/, to rhyme with _oath_, which is what the OED lists,
> alongside /rQT/, though I think it's a word I've only read and
> never heard. OED also has /rQT/ for _wrath_, of course.
I have /RAT/, like RP "wrath" and like the name "Roth" in GA.
Hence the joke: the girl says "Mr. Epstein is waxing wroth!",
and Groucho replies: "Tell Roth to wax Epstein for a while."
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