Re: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!
| From: | David Zitzelsberger <davidz@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 16:23 |
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Probably referring to the book where Madeline is set to rhyme with line. Of
couse, that's the only place I've heard it pronounced like line.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark J. Reed [mailto:markjreed@MAIL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:50 PM
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Subject: Re: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 08:22:25PM -0700, Muke Tever wrote:
> >And if I made up a word like "Manderine" (a Manderine orange tangerine)
> >how come we know to pronounce it "Mandereen"?
>
> Actually it could have a long i, on analogy with "Madeline".
YAEPT Alert: around here, all "Madeline"s pronounce their name with
a short /I/ or schwa.
-Mark