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Re: USAGE: The four shits in English

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, February 5, 2000, 1:23
John Cowan wrote:
> > Maybe it's a kind of folk-etymology or reanalysis in origin, but these > > days it is _ratshit_, [rEtS@t]. > > Which indeed is how I pronounce "wretched"? How is "wretched" > rendered in Australian, anybody?
Really? I pronounce "wretched" with a /d/, that is /rEtS@d/ or -/Id/. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor