Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

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> Robert Hailman wrote:
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> > "Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
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> > > > > > like "oot and aboot" alot.  ;-)
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> > > > I can't say I know what you are talking aboot.
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> 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.



Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo suHnus
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