Re: Another attempt to introduce myself

Nik Taylor sekalge:
>How's this pronounced?
I'm not Matthew, but I'll guess /maTjuw/.

>30404?  What do the years count from?
You take the 19-year solar cycle, multiply it by the 17-year lunar cycle,
multiply that by the 15-year Roman tax cycle--hey, why not--and then,
just for kicks, add in the age of King Louis XII of France upon his
assumption of the throne, and the last time they aligned was 30404 years
ago.

Or perhaps it's 1979 with a different numbering base.

>Where'd the th- in _thingland_ come from?  Is it a Celtic-style
>mutation?
Case prefix, I'd say; but it could also be a joke.

>Nope.  Or if you are, you're not the only one.  :-)  I know someone else
>who says it that way.  I find it hard to make a /dT/ cluster
>personally.  I devoice both.
I always make width /wI?T/ (but making the glottal stop alveolar as well,
though that has no effect on the sound), and I've never heard it without
a lax i.

Laimes,
Wright.

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