Re: Vowel question, suggestion?
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 6, 2001, 12:45 |
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Muke Tever wrote:
> From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
> >Interestingly, this is usually
> >Anglicized to /aj/, even by the many folks of Dutch descent up here around
> >Holland Mich. Names like Nieuwenhuis, Vandersluis are [n(j)uw@nhajs]
> >[vænd@rslais]. (The Rempts are cringing, I'm sure.....)
I don't cringe easily, as long as it's not *my* name they're mangling
- my maiden name is "Drijfhout" ['drEjfhAut].
Irina
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