Re: yeah (was Re: Moraic codas)
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 19:31 |
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In a message dated 7/17/01 9:08:28 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
<< I learnt "yea" = [je_i] in school.
I rather like "yea" and "nay", prehaps because they resemble Swedish "ja"
[jA:] and "nej" [nEj] more than does "yes" and "no". >>
If you all pronounce "yeah" [je:] or [je_i] like they did in the 1500's
in England, how on Earth do you distinguish between "yeah" (agreement) and
"yay" (expression of joy)?
-David
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