Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> writes:
> On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> > > What's [t@dZ{n@u] supposed to mean?
> >
> > Tejano, i.e. "Texan". Normally pronounced here as /t@hAno/
>
> Never heard that term before.
Yeah...it's mostly Texan thing to say..in New York we just call them Texans
/tEksn=z/...if we ever say anything about them at all.
> > > And it occurs to me that Americans are the people who say /t@meito/ and
> > > /t{ko/
> >
> > 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.
I watch a lot of tv...A LOT! (probably more than I should)...never heard
it...weird :)
Elliott
> Tristan