Re: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 4:49 |
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On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:23:05PM -0600, Nik Taylor wrote:
> You have /Ii/? Is that actually [Ii]?
Yes.
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> > (One American spelling that grates is 'Jared' for 'Jarrod', like the
> > Subway guy. Looks like /dZe:d/ t'me.)
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> Interesting. How do you get that from "Jarrod"?
He doesn't - he gets it from "Jared". Presumably he pronounces "Jarrod"
more like /dZer\@d/, but that's no doubt not precise.
When viewed (or heard) from our parochial Northern Hemispherical
perspective, Australian English be mad weird. :)
-Mark