Re: THEORY: Re : THEORY: Connolly: Interpreting ergative sentences

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:38:11 -0400 John Cowan <cowan@...>
writes:
>> In 8th grade my english teacher attempted to convince me that the
>name
>> "Charles" has only one syllable.  She said that pronouncing it
>[tSarl=z]
>> with a syllabic L was "incorrect" and meant that i have an "accent",
>i
>> don't remember whether she said Brooklyn or New York.  But don't all
>> Americans say it that way, anyway?
>Not I.
>
>--
>John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
>       I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin

Oh....ohwell.

Btw, where does that David Brin quote come from?
hmm...
"i am a member of a civilization"
_az thyuth tza'itekos_ in Rokbeigalmki.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "bas baveil hasheduda, ashrei sheyeshalem lakh es gemuleikh
  shegamalt lanu - ashrei sheyohheiz venipeitz es olalayikh el hasala!"

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