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Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, June 7, 2003, 12:09
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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.