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Re: OT: Mismatched phonologies / accents

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
Date:Saturday, January 26, 2008, 21:05
* Lars Finsen said on 2008-01-25 22:15:30 +0100
> Andreas Johansson wrote: > > >Quoting taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>: > > > >>and John Vertical: > >>>Speakers of a foreign language are not going to worry about > >>>their non-distinctions undoing previous sound changes or > >>>producing homophones. In Finlänt, foo önatör, moo karent > >>>iksämpöl, vii häv tis ting koolt rälli traivör inklis vits > >>>is pööfektli häpi tu tiskaat ool voising tistinksöns änt ö > >>>houl pants of atöös, and manitsiis to iiven ket antastuut, > >>>okkeisönäli enivei, iiven tispait ool tät. ;) > >> > >>/me runs around in circles, screams and shouts, with blood > >>gushing out of both eyes: "How do I scrub my brain clean!" > >> > >>For the rest of you, Finns have (in Scandinavia) a > >>reputation for extreme skill at completely mangling English > >>*grammar*, and to be reminded what they are capable of doing > >>with the pronunciation of the poor thing is just too much :) > >> > >>Bøtt, kånsidering vat Nårvidjens ar keipæbl åf, ai skodn't > >>bi de wån tu kåmplein! > > > >Nårvidjens ar måstlig notäbböl får vått dej do to dö > >intonejtjen, vitch is hard to reprisent in rajting. > > Vi ålså hæv de tåpp ekspøt in spiking inglisj åv ål taim, do > his ded nao. Thor Heyerdahl, or Four Ayredales æs aiv hød him > kåld bai såm kåkni in Låndån vans. > > Hoo düü. Bøø di bøø di bøø di bøø di bøø.
:) If vi kip dis øp, vi vil fainæli hæv a rili gud simplifaid speling får Inglisj! Bøt ai tink vi møst ægri ån håv tu spel de føst kånsånant åf vøds laik 'sjip', 'sjipp', 'sjel', 'sjøt' (as opposed to 'skøt') etc. (Ænd æs ju kæn si ai'm nåt møtsj intu råtiks åll åove de pleis... mai føst Inglisj-titsje insistid ån seiing 'tjusdi' insted åf 'tusdei' får instens) t., hu tinks dis is kvait fønn

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