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Re: [Re: [IE conlangs]]

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, April 12, 1999, 21:12
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)