Re: YADPT (D=Dutch)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 16:08 |
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Jan van Steenbergen scripsit:
> No idea! The thing is, I have not a clue what a cassowary is... I just
> checked in my electronic dictionary here at work, and the word isn't
> there... :(
A flightless bird, _Casuarius casuarius_, indigenous to northern
Australia and New Guinea, and first brought to Europe by the Dutch
in 1597. That particular bird was later given to Emperor Rudolf II.
The English name is a respelling of the Malay _kesuari_.
You may well have seen the bird in a zoo; it's very common. Googling
will provide lots of pictures.
> Normally, I would say [Ej]. However, this is one of those diphthongs that
> strongly tend to differ regionally [E:, e, Aj, Oj, etc.]. I'm not sure
> about the pronunciation in Zeeland.
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.
> >Tanke val (?),
>
> Not correct, but very inspiring. Perhaps an idea for Føtisk?
I think he is saying "Dank U wel".
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