Re: YAPT

More evidence for my contention that the exact nature
of mouth noises is probably the least important aspect
of language. Just listen to a four way conversation
between people from Syndey, Bombay, Boston and South
Carolina and you'll notice that they all understand
each other just fine even though they have practically
no mouth noises in common.

--gary

--- Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> Today, of course the tsunami damages around the
> Indian Ocean
> and all this was in the evening news today.
> However, the speaker repeatedly said [SRi "lANka]
> for <Sri
> Lanka> and [ko"lAmbo] for <Colombo>. Is this really
> the
> local pronounciation?! It was pronounced as if these
> places
> were writen *Shri Lanka and *Columbo.
> IIRC they're speaking Tamil on Sri Lanka, don't
> they?
>
> Carsten
>

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