Re: Exonyms [Re: English syllable structure]

--- Tristan Alexander McLeay froge sionk:
<shnip>
> Yes, but `other rude'? You aren't telling me you're offended by it?
> `Gringo', `dabizi' and `gaijin' are intended to be offensive,
> aren't they?
> Whereas `Yank' is meant in much the same way as [Q:stre:li@n] and
> [O:streili@n] etc. and especially [Q:zi] and [O:zi] etc. I wouldn't
> mean
> to be rude or offend you or anyone. But if it *really* does, and
> you can't
> see it for what it is, then I guess if you insist...
>
meh. call me a yank, an american, or a wierd freak of a girl (or
anything else-in any language-pronounced whatever way you wish)...
and i'll still always be nicole...

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