Re: Not YAEPT: "draughts"
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 26, 2007, 12:51 |
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"Draft" as in beer from a tap is not usually a pluralizable noun in my
experience, but then I'm not much of a drinker.
Where's "here"? I thought "checkers" to be solely an Americanism.
On 1/25/07, li_sasxsek@nutter.net <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
> > This word is not common over here (we call the game "checkers"), but
> > if it were it would be /dr&fts/. In Rightpondian, does it tend to
> > have an /&/ or an /a/ - BAT or BATH?
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> Yes, that would be pronounced /dr{fts/ here, but then again it's "checkers"
> unless you're referring to beer from a tap, then it would be spelled
> "drafts".
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>