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Re: CHAT: new names (was: Re: Bopomofo and pinyin)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, January 22, 2000, 17:33
BP Jonsson wrote:
> but I read of one guy who had grown up with only his > mother, and wanted to take a <mother>son name. He was turned down.
I've heard that that is not uncommon in Iceland, to use the mother's name.
> How would you pronounce _Ryttervik_ in your various natlangs? Especially: > where would you place the stress?
/'rI*r=vIk/, where * = alveolar tap, in my dialect of English. -- 6 Wakalláf watyánivaf plal 273 "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor