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Re: Singlular of "mouses" Was: Re: Negative ordinality

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 17, 2003, 23:27
Quoting Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>:

> Hallo! > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:40:40 +0100, > Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote: > > > > I've seen such a list (or lists)-- they would periodically circulate in > the > > > dept. lounge. I think I posted about it a long time ago.......Others > might > > > include ümlaut, rhotarirm, etc. > > > > Surely that would be "ümläut" [ju:mlOIt]? :) > > Why [ju:mlOIt]? I'd rather say [ymlOYt].
Because the later doesn't sound like a monolingual anglophone's attempt at mimicking the German pronunciation, of course. Andreas