Re: Country names

Robert B Wilson wrote:

>>We here say /@stSr\&iL@/ where /L/=[j], [lj] or [li].
>>
>
>you say 'istrailyih'? :P
>
No, everyone else can't say Australia properly, and it has a very
obvious pronunciation from its spelling :P

>>We still distinguish between /O/ and /o:/, but
>>some redundencies are no longer.
>>
>>
>you don't distinguish 'o' and 'au'? i have 'o' [O] and 'au' [A]...
>"costic? what's that mean?" :P
>
Something's wrong with your comprehension skills :P (I'm almost certain
no pair of words distinguished only by /O/ and /o:/ ever merged, with
the possible exception of Foster vs Forster, but 'Forster' wins the
Unusual Name Who I've Only Heard A  Person With An Accent That's
Likely[1] To Use \aw\ In Words Like 'Lost' prize.)

[1]: Maybe not, but it was a posh accent, either RP or Cultivated Australian

>does it voice /T/ and /S/ too?  if not, why only /s/ and /f/?
>
As I've said, definitely no to /T/ and I'm not sure to /S/. I don't know
why it behaves like that.

>[mAzi] or [mOzi] (depending on the six year old, [mOzi] would be more
>common, but [mAzi] would be more common among 6-year-olds), but not all
>dialects are the same, some people would even pronounce 'mozzie' with
>[s]...
>
If you feel more comfortable, make it 10-year-olds then.

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

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