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Re: Tho (was: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences))

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Thursday, April 19, 2001, 10:41
Robert Hailman wrote:
>Andreas Johansson wrote: > > > > Carlos Thompson > > > > > >I mentally pronounce /afajk/, /i:r\k/, /ajmo/, /ajmho/, /lQl/, /rofl=/, > > >/&sap/, etc. (this last: /et'tsetera/) unstressed vowels are slightly > > >schawed. > > > > The last I pronounce /ets/ unless I'm really formal ... > >Ook. I pronounce it /et'ketera/ under the influence of one of my >friends, who insists on the "proper" Latin pronounciation. > >Other than that, I don't really mentally pronounce any of them - when >I'm reading, I don't associate them with any sound value. That's why I >never use them in conversation, I guess.
I regularly use /ets/ in conversation ... Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.