YAEPT: Re: pronunciation of "conlang"
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 5, 2004, 22:30 |
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On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Mark> For me, that's something like ['k_hAnl&jN].
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> Andreas> In English, much like ['k_hOnl&N].
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> Mark> "In English"? Is that meant to imply that what I speak isn't English? :)
Of course you don't, everyone knows American is a language unto itself. :P
> Joe> Perhaps he meant "In English English". But yes, [k_hOnl&N] /kOnl&N/.
> Joe> Your accent, from what I can see, is very American.
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> That would make sense, since I was born and raised in the US. On the other
> hand, I grew up in Georgia and don't have much of a Southern accent. :)
I generally say ['k_hOn'l&N], which is interesting because neither
syllable represents the [k_hn=] and ['l&iN] from which they derive.
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Tristan
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