>From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
>Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 02:11:26 -0500
>
>Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> > What's [t@dZ{n@u] supposed to mean?
>
>Tejano, i.e. "Texan". Normally pronounced here as /t@hAno/
I have /te'hAno/ with some nasalization of the /A/.
>I've never heard /t{ko/, I always hear /tAko/.
I've heard both and /t&ko/ gives me the heebee jeebees!
And some Americans do
>say /t@mAto/.
>
But the smart ones say /me4r=/. *g*
Adam
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