Re: English syllable structure
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 7:26 |
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> > What's [t@dZ{n@u] supposed to mean?
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> Tejano, i.e. "Texan". Normally pronounced here as /t@hAno/
Never heard that term before.
> > And it occurs to me that Americans are the people who say /t@meito/ and
> > /t{ko/
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> I've never heard /t{ko/, I always hear /tAko/. And some Americans do
> say /t@mAto/.
Ever watched `the Simpsons'? They say /t{ko/ all the time. So, indeed, do
most American tv. shows.
Tristan
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