Re: Country names

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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