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Re: Roumania, alligators, "this here" (was: Just a Little Taste ...)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, April 12, 1999, 20:21
John Cowan wrote:
> > cf. > > colloquial English "this 'ere"). > > Pronounced [DISj@R] in my dialect.
Interesting. Perhaps it's because I don't actually use it except as an affectation, but when I say it, it's /DIshir=/, that is "this here", both words pronounced fully. -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor