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Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

From:Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Saturday, March 4, 2000, 10:00
John Cowan wrote:

> Robert Hailman wrote: > > > > "Thomas R. Wier" wrote: > > > > > > > > like "oot and aboot" alot. ;-) > > > > > > I can't say I know what you are talking aboot. > > Missed this before. It's Scottish people who say "oot and aboot" [u:t n= @bu:t]. > Canadians notoriously say "oat and aboat", as in "oat and aboat in a boat". > The /ow/ is very short.
Huh? Every Canadian I've ever heard (quite a few) has always had a schwa there for the initial vowel before the glide: [@w]. (I'm assuming you do not speak a dialect that has just that for /ow/ -- there are some, as I'm sure you know) ====================================== Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: trwier "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." ======================================