Re: most looked-up words
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 3:46 |
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On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:16:55PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Mark Reed scripsit:
> > (*) Similarly, the sandwich formed by wrapping up a mostly-lamb meat
> > mixture in a pita is pretty universally referred to as "a gyro"
> > /'ji.ro/ in the US, despite the singularity of the source "gyros".
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> I more often hear /'dzairo/, as if it were the word "gyro" = "gyroscope".
Well, clearly you live in a less sophisticated part of the country than
Atlanta. :)
> As for cicadas...
Around here that's /s@'kei'd@z/, btw.
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