Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 19, 2001, 11:37 |
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David Peterson wrote:
> In a message dated 3/19/01 1:15:45 AM, zsau@YAHOO.COM.AU writes:
>
> << The way I (and most/all non rhotics) say it (/da:t@rIz/), there is, and
> in 'law is' (/lOrIz/), and 'yeah I' (/jE:rai/) etc. >>
>
> Where are you from? I'm from sunny, Southern California, and we don't
> pronounce arrs where they ain't.
>
I'm Aussie*. When you say both lore and law as /lO:/, you cannot tell
the difference between ar-ended and aahless words. So before consonants,
they are all aahless, and before vowels all aahful.
Tristan
*Australian (pronounced /ozi/, btw)
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