Re: most looked-up words
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 3:58 |
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Mark J. Reed scripsit:
> > I more often hear /'dzairo/, as if it were the word "gyro" = "gyroscope".
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> Well, clearly you live in a less sophisticated part of the country than
> Atlanta. :)
I meant /Z/ not /z/, of course.
> > As for cicadas...
>
> Around here that's /s@'kei'd@z/, btw.
Ditto.
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