Re: OT: German reputation

Hi!

caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> writes:
> Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@M...> wrote:
>
> >...very few if any will actually instantiate.
>
> Please forgive me, but I can't find "instantiate" in either the
> American Heritage Dictionary or the Oxford English Dictionary.  What
> do you mean by it?
It's probably nerdy slash. :-) From 'instance' of a certain 'class',
'instantiate' is derived to mean to create an instance of that class.
In this case the 'class' is standard pronunciation, so instances
(phonology modules in speech centers of people) of this class have the
property to use standard pronunciation.

**Henrik