Re: OT: Slightly OT: French as a second language
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 22, 2001, 1:39 |
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Dan Sulani wrote:
> (It does seem to me, though, that there are variants of English [ that is,
> English as L1] in the world which lack [I] and use [i] or [ij] instead.
> Anyone on this list know for certain?)
There are rumours going round that Aussie English does, but I can't seem
to hear any evidence of this. I can hear a difference of quality between
the <i> and <y> of 'city' (and one of length between the <ea> and <y> of
'meaty'). So there :P
Tristan
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