Re: YADPT (D=Dutch)
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 19:14 |
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--- John Cowan skrzypszy:
>> No idea! The thing is, I have not a clue what a cassowary is...
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>You may well have seen the bird in a zoo; it's very common. Googling
>will provide lots of pictures.
I can't recall to have ever seen it. Although I am quite a bird-loving
person, and I think if our zoo would have one, I would probably have
remembered it.
>I definitely heard someone in the Netherlands point to a canal lock and
>say [sl2Hs], though I can't remember what part of the country I was in.
As Roger mentioned, that is an entirely different diphthong. The word you
mean would be spelled "sluis".
Jan