Re: Woody or tinny?
| From: | Tom Pullman <tom@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 21, 2001, 11:59 |
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--- Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
> wrote:
>On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:21:34PM -0400, Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:
>> :) Yes, the words I mention are mostly just bad in rhotic dialects. I'd say
>> us Icelanders are more used to the American rhotic dialect (via Hollywood
>> and rap-music, etc). I generally speak rhotic, which is why "word order"
>
>Odd. Rap music almost always sounds non-rhotic to me...
Yup. Rap's generally sung by black Americans, and the black American English accent is non-rhotic.
Maybe Icelanders just don't like it though... :)
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