Re: [Re: [IE conlangs]]

Tom Wier wrote:

> The people at this website think you are in fact a foreigner [...].
Ayup.  That's why I wrote "Texian".  Is the RoT the world's
largest micronation?  :-)  It's obviously bigger than the
Kingdom of Hawai'i.

> (There's a funny anecdote I heard recently from a friend about a foreigner
> who moved to Texas trying to affect a Texan accent.  This person apparently
> went to bizarre extremes to drawl; it sounded something like "Teh-eh-xas", with
> a glottal stop (!!) )
I am well-known for my ability to pronounce "the great State of
Mississippi" as

[D@'gre::::::::::::::::::::::::tstet@mIs:::pi]

> Probly.
Ah, you mean ['pra li], which is direct, as opposed to
[pra ba 'bli], which is skeptical.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)