Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

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)

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