Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:47:10 +0000 Joe <joe@...> writes:
> It's odd...colloquial British speech is so far removed from standard
> english
> that it's barely similar. In TV programmes(even soaps) it's hugely
> watered
> down.  And my dialect(which is what I'm taking these examples from),
> is
> pretty RP-ish.  The standard greeting in British youth culture is
> 'alright?'.
> It generally sounds like [O@i?], with a rising tone.  I sometimes
> wonder how
> (or if) Americans can understand us Brits having a conversation with
> each other in allegro colloquial speech.
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There's an American version of that... but it's not a greeting, it's more
like a 'tag question'... it's pronounced something like [a:i?] as near as
i can make out.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "aru."