Re: CHAT French undies (was: Re: Linguistic Terminology)
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 7, 1999, 0:30 |
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Raymond A. Brown wrote:
> At 11:50 am -0500 6/1/99, John Cowan wrote:
> >Raimundus A. Brown scripsit:
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> >> Weird - why pronounce and ending spelt/spelled -RIE as /rei/ or /rej/ ???
> >
> >Go figure.
>
> Tried figuring - but though I could understand a 'spelling pronunciation'
> of {rie} as "righ" [raj], it still puzzles me how {rie} could be mistaken
> for {ray} ;-)
I didn't say it was spelling pronunciation -- it's just a confusioned analogy
with other words that do have a mid vowel, as Douglas Koller was so
nice to provide a list for.
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