Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

Eric Christopherson wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> > Behalf Of John Cowan
> > Sent: Friday, March 3, 2000 5:43 PM
> > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> > Subject: Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> Actually, it's more /Vw/, but I agree, it usually sounds like /ow/ to my
> ear, no matter how much other Americans say it's /u:/. Sometimes it does
> sound like /u/ then, when spoken quickly.
I still can't say I've heard anyone say /u:/, /ow/, or /Vw/, no matter
how much I listen for it, and I'm exposed to Canadians 24 hours a day.
Maybe out in the middle of nowhere someone might talk like that, but not
in any town or city of any size that I've been in, and I've been most
every where in Canada, save the Northwest Territories and the Yukon (and
Nunavit, I have to get used to that.)

--
Robert