Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 07:23:51PM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Well, I tend to give peoples height in meters, while the webpage I snatched
> that factoid from used centimeters. No more complex than that.
Well, obviously, I knew what you meant.  Not going to let a little thing
like comprehension ruin a perfectly good opportunity for a joke. :)

> Any explanation for the spelling "Ahnold", btw? Is he non-rhotic?
Yes.  Have you not heard the man speak?  What planet are you on? :)

He has a very thick Austrian accent; his English is non-rhotic among
other things.  It's fairly common in the US to refer to him as just
"Ahnold" ['A::nl=d], no surname required with that pronunciation.
It's distinguished even from the usual non-rhotic pronunciation of
"Arnold"; I believe the vowel quality of the <a> is different
(maybe [A] vs [a]?), but its quantity is definitely extra-long in
"Ahnold".

-Mark

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