Re: R: Re: R: Re: basic vocab
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 21, 2000, 0:12 |
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Mangiat wrote:
> Indeed I meant Standard English. I've never heard Cockney, but isn't that
> dialect famous because it's full of glottal stops?
Among other things. There's also the loss (not sure if it's complete or
just in certain environments) of /T/ and /D/, so that "brother" comes
out as "bruvver". Also drops /h/ and is also famous for "rhyming
slang", like "dog and bone" for "telephone".
> Share 'em with us!
I guess I should've given a URL when I mentioned that. :-)
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/31/jodee_james.html
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