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Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, September 30, 2001, 0:39
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:37:28 +1000 Tristan Alexander McLeay
<zsau@...> writes:
> At 12.19 p.m. 29.09.2001, you wrote: > ><<...and "because" as /b@kUz/. I cringe every time he says either > of > >them :) >>
- That's why my brother says that it's impossible to sing "We're Off To See The Wizard" from _The Wizard of Oz_ in a Brooklyn accent: "[b@kOz] [b@kOz] [b@kOz] [b@kOz] [b@kO::::@z] [b@kOz] of the wonderful things he [dVz]..." Just doesn't rhyme right :-) . Judy Garland says something like [bikVz], i think. -Stephen (Steg) "mew. mew hast. mew hast meep!"

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