Re: spelling-pronunciations, was: English syllable structure
| From: | Matthew Pearson <matthew.pearson@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 7, 2001, 17:44 |
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--- Anton Sherwood wrote:
laokou wrote:
> /nIk@rA:gju@/ sounds distinctly British (BBC) to my ears. Too, the car
> "Jaguar" pronounced à la britannique sounds like /dZ&gju@/. . . .
If South America had been explored first by the English,
would the car be called "Howar"?
--- end of quote ---
The English colonization of Central and South America is an alternative-history
scenario I've explored from time to time. There's so much potential: The Inkas
of Peroo (speaking Kechwa) converted to Protestantism by Puritan missionaries.
Bolivia named instead for a revolutionary who overthrew British rule--the South
American George Washington. Hispaniola would be Nova Anglia, Columbia would be
Cabotia. Etc...
Matt.
Matthew Pearson
Department of Linguistics
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd
Portland, OR 97202
503 771 1112 x 7618