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

--- Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Mark J. Reed writes:
> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Henrik Theiling
> <theiling@...> wrote:
> >>  BTW, I pronounce['Toilette'] /to'lEt@/, because
> it's German! :-)
> >
> > ... so what happened to the <i>?
>
> It's a germanised form from the French /twalEt/.  No
> /i/ there.
>
> **Henrik

It always sounds to me more like /toi)'lEte/
(/tOy)'lEt@/ ?)... Are my anglic ears playing tricks
on me, then?

P.

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