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Re: Country names

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Thursday, May 8, 2003, 16:31
Quoting Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>:

> Peter Bleackley wrote: > > > It's time to quote Ogden Nash: > > > > The one-l lama, he's a priest, > > The two-l llama, he's a beast, > > And I will bet a silk pyjama > > There isn't any three-l lllama. > > Hm, well if one-l lamas are pronounced with a /l/, and two-l llamas > are > pronounced with a /j/, what're three-l lllamas? /lja:m@/? :)
Englishers actually make it [jA:m@] (this should be interpreted as a loose transcription - no YAEPTs invited!)? In Swedish, we say ['lA:ma], same as the one-l variety. Andreas

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