Re: CHAT: IPA Question

H. S. Teoh wrote:

>On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 02:00:54PM +1100, Tristan wrote:
>[snip]
>
>>So what exactly do you mean by colonial British?
>>
>>
>English as taught in the school system, which was instituted during the
>British colonization.
>
colonisation, Mr
I'm-not-American-and-don't-spell-it-velarized-or-even-veralised.

>>India, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand were all British
>>colonies at one stage or another, but you'd probably be as hard-pressed
>>to make any generalisations about their speech than you could about
>>their speech and Britain's speech.
>>
>>
>[snip]
>
>Yes, but my original point was that the mangled English mixed with local
>dialects is not what's taught in the schools, but what happens on the
>streets. What's taught in the schools at least somewhat resembles how the
>British taught English during the colonial times.
>
I take it you mean schools in non-English-speaking countries, so I have
no idea what you mean..? (Because English certainly isn't taught at
school in Victoria (the state in Australia, not the city in Canada,
about which I have no idea)

Tristan.

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