Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> What IS the pronunciation is your family name? It just occured to me that
> I've been thinking of it as ['kOvan] for years, which can't possibly be
> right. ['kaU@n]?
Yes, since my father's time.  I meant to write that above, but forgot to.
"Cowan as in cow", is what I tell people who mispronounce it "Cohen", and
they are legion.

--
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_

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