Re: OT Marx Brothers (was Re: Another Introduction)
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 22:50 |
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>Is it /'sIn@m@/ or /'sIn@mA:/? For Americans, I mean.
Depends on where in the USA, since we Americans don't speak so
homogenously/cohesively as do all peoples in the UK or Australia. :-)
In my dialect, it's ["sIn@ma]. In my parents', it would have been ["sin@m@]
but would have been perceived by them as being either archaic or an attempt
to put on airs. They'd have said _pictures_ ["pIktSVr'z] or ["pItsVr's].
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