Re: CHAT: Measurements (was: Re: CHAT: browsers)
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 19:27 |
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Tristan wrote:
> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > En réponse à Roger Mills <romilly@...>:
> >
> >
> >>Let's get away from the Greek thing for a while....I propose
> >>Indonesian
> >>(ult. Sanskrit) _laksa_ ...
> >>laksagram, laksalitre. Clueless Americans can think of it, quite
> >>sensibly
> >>actually, as "lotsa..."
> >
> > Makes me think of "laxative"...
>
> Made me think of 'Luxembourg' (how do *you* borrow /a/?).
>
Barring indications to the contrary, as Span. or Ital [a], a bit less open
than US [A]. Christophe's "laxa(tive)" [l&ks@-] could be a spelling
pronunciation in the US, but I think 99% of us would reanalyze it as
"lotsa..." ['lAts@]
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