Re: How to Make Chicken Cacciatore (was: phonetics by guesswork)

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@U...> wrote:
> Christian wrote:
> > Granted, it's a blanket statement and not very well
> > researched.  ;-)  I just get the feeling that Americans
> > tend to be less in touch with the rest of the linguistic
> > world than, say, the British.  I doubt that the latter
> > treat umlauts any differently, though.
>
> So, do you actually *read* many American and British publications
> (i.e., not just usenet)?
Are we talking about professional journalism now?  I thought
it was about people in general.  I would expect a newspaper
that "takes itself seriously" to pay this level of attention
to detail, regardless of nationality.



> Unless you know what you're talking about, you simply can't make
> generalizations like this.
Oh, I can.  I just make myself look rather stoopid in the
process.  ;o)



-- Christian Thalmann

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