Re: Cloak room... x: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

Hi!

Peter Collier writes:
>> It's a germanised form from the French /twalEt/.  No
>> /i/ there.
>
> It always sounds to me more like /toi)'lEte/
> (/tOy)'lEt@/ ?)... Are my anglic ears playing tricks
> on me, then?
Well, I *think* I never consciously heard any German use /oi/ there.

**Henrik

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