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Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

From:James Landau <neurotico@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 4, 2003, 15:15
In a message dated 2/3/2003 3:36:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,
cowan@MERCURY.CCIL.ORG writes:


> James Landau scripsit: > > > [A]m I going to hear someone tell me they put /'krautOnz/ in their salad? > > Why not? Those little nuggets of dried cabbage really spruce up iceberg > lettuce! >
Ah, you're thinking of kraut-/Onz/, something with cabbage as in sauerKRAUT in them, aren't you? BTW, whenever someone doesn't understand how to pronounce my name, I tell them the "au" is as in "sauerkraut".

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