Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)
| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 3, 2003, 12:21 |
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Staving Andreas Johnsson:
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>I don't think I've ever heard an actual native anglophone say "ghoul", but
>my dictionary thinks it's [gaUl].
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That pronunciation is certainly valid, but the pronunciation [gu:l] is
valid as well. I don't use the word frequently, but I think I use both - in
different contexts. [gaUl] for "demon in Arabic mythology", [gu:l] for
"person of morbid tendencies". Ah, the richness of a language that can
support such eccentric tendencies as mine!
Pete Bleackley