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Re: Another attempt to introduce myself

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 10, 2002, 22:40
Matthew Butt wrote:
> name: matthew (bnathyuw)
How's this pronounced?
> yob: 1979 (30404)
30404? What do the years count from?
> l1: english (baca thingland)
Baca = language? :-) I like it, even if it does make me think of the Japanese word _baka_ :-) Where'd the th- in _thingland_ come from? Is it a Celtic-style mutation?
> Eurogen-does this make the EU a eurogenous zone ?
:-)
> width-in careful speech i say [widT] . . . am i a freak ?
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.
> seb-blood > esb-heart
Cool. Is that a regular process? -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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