Re: CHAT: IPA Question

John Cowan wrote:

>Tristan scripsit:
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>>I'm talking about in more conservative dialects than yours, then
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>Conservative?  Hnmp.
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Not in any bad way, of course. If you want to insult someone and call
them conservative at the same time in Australia, you call them Liberal,
and if necessary point out you were speaking with a capital L, because
then they're associated with the Liberal Party, which is the
conservative one down here in backwardsland.

>> Remember: Australian English
>>is one of the most aesthetic languages there are,
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>Are it in the habit of using plural verbs with singular subjects, too?
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Not that I know of, but plural pronouns for singular concepts happen.

>"Our twisted vowels, our distortions and slackness of speech" is how Dame
>Nellie Melba put it.
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She clearly was mocking all those other English-speakers who can't
appreciate true beauty when it comes their way.

>>(And re your other post? While /Oz/ and /wOz/ and /b@kOz/ rhyme in /Oz/,
>>/daz/ certainly /daz/n't.)
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>"Oz", "was", and "because" don't rhyme in Kansas either, Toto.
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Maybe not in RL Kansas, but it's a whole different world on the big
screen...

Tristan.

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