Re: Weekly Vocab 8
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 11:31 |
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En réponse à John Cowan :
>It's not at all uncommon in informal spoken English, though not usually
>written. Note the raising of the initial vowel.
Not surprising to me since it happens in very informal (and somewhat
childish-sounding) French as well. I think it comes from anticipation of
the second vowel.
Still, the presence of this word in English is surprising to me :)) . I've
never heard it before...
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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