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Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

From:Dan Jones <dan@...>
Date:Sunday, December 9, 2001, 0:42
Elliott Lash escreva:
>I would never read or hear the sentence as the first example: "She went to >make a transaction at a bank" and the second example is incomprehensible >to me..which makes it seem like it's either archaic or something I haven't >learned yet (and I'm an English L1 speaker..living in New York).
I hear it fairly often, but I live in the UK- maybe it's a regional thing? My mother (who's Welsh) tends to say "I'm off down town to bank", meaning she's going to deposit her pay and a couple of cheques quite often. Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ semo la flamma, semo la casea semo la tuta, semo la cambea We are the spark, we are the flame We are the people, we are the change

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