Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 26, 2003, 7:13 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Fatula" <fatula3@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)
> From: "Joe" <joe@...>
> Subject: Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)
>
>
> > Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!
> >
> > [jOR mVzE:R wOz @n &mstE:r, &nd jOR fazE:R smElt ov Eld@bERi:z]
>
> Are you intending to imitate the Frenchman here, or is that how you'd
> actually pronounce it?
>
> [jIr m@Dr w@ z@ h&@mstr En dZr faDr smEL t@ vEldrbEriz]
>
Yes, I was imitating John Cleese here. No, I'd actually say it:
[jO: mVD@ w@z@ h&mst@, n= jO: fA:D@ smEl?@v Eld@bEriz]
Ant the questionmark was a glottal stop, BTW.
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