Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 4, 2000, 2:05 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> 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.
Well, most imitations of Canadians I've heard use /u/. If I'm not
mistaken, the actual form is /@u/, right?
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