Re: Phoneme winnowing continues
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 7, 2003, 12:09 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Spackman" <ianspackman@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Phoneme winnowing continues
> At 06:58 07/06/03, you wrote:
> >Tristan McLeay wrote:
> > > Are 'biro' and 'ballpoint pen' not used in America?
> >
> >I've never heard "biro" and "ballpoint pen" I've heard, but not very
> >often.
>
>
> I never heard "biro" in Canada apart from from my English parents. I
think
> it may be getting rarer in Britain, belonging more to my parents'
> generation, but I could be wrong.
>
You're very wrong. If anything, it's getting more common. Although I don't
know how predominant it was in your parents generation.