"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:
> Yes, the same here - with the same frenchified final stress. It really=
> makes me squirm also. Why does French have to be the first foreign
> language most of our kids learn? Why do otherwise sane adults think:
> foreign is not English; French is foreign; therefore, if it's foreign i=
t
> must be like French?
>
> I remember once long years ago a pupil trying to read Latin; 'semper'
> ['sEmpEr] came across as [sa~pei] - yep, frenchified with English
> diphthongal pronunciation of /e:/ !
I guess something similar happens in Spanish where ever unknown foreign w=
ord is
pronounced anglicised... well something that resembles english irregular
pronunciation with spanish phonemes.
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o_o
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3D=3D#######
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- =BFPor qu=E9 no?
- No tiene sentido.
- =BFQu=E9 sentido? El sentido no existe.
- El sentido inverso. O el sentido norte. El sentido com=FAn, tal ve=
z. O sin
sentido, como aqu=ED.
(-- Graeville 2)