On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 09:27:17AM -0500, Steg Belsky wrote:
[snip]
> Oh no, this Pronunciation of English Vowels thread is going out of
> control!!!!!
Really. I thought it was the obligatory monthly English pronunciation
flamewar on CONLANG. :-) I mean, after the unfortunate departure of our
last auxlanger, how would we otherwise fill our monthly quorum of flames?
:-P
> So, for your amusement, here is "Why Some Songs Cannot Be Sung In A
> Brooklyn Accent".
LOL...
> from "the Wizard of Oz":
>
> (roughly)
>
> /wr= Of t@ si: D@ wIz@d/
> /D@ wVn@fl= wIz@d Vv a:z/ > /a:/!
[a:z] ?! That's totally bizarre, though not unheard of. (Having lived with
a Pittsburgh native a decade ago, I can see why one would pronounce things
this way. :-P)
> /jUl fajn(d) (h)i: Iz @ wIz @v @ wIz
> /If Ev@ @ wIz De@ wVz/ > /V/!
Eeek. No wonder it doesn't rhyme. :-P
> /If Ev@ ow Ev@ @ wIz De@ wVz/
> /D@ wIz@d @v a:z Iz wVn b@kO@z/ > /O@/!
> /b@kO@z b@kO@z b@kO@z b@kO@z b@kO@z/ > /O@/!
> /b@kO@z @v D@ wVn@fl= TINz (h)i: dVz/ > /V/!
ROFL...
> Rhyming /V/ and /O@/ (and /a:/) just don't work...
> So if you excuse me, i'll go and /wO@k/ /@krO@s/ the street and get some
> /kO@fi:/ from the /stO@(r)/... ;-)
[snip]
And *I'll* [wAlk @krAs D@ stri:t &n g&t sVm hAt tSAkl@t]. :-)
T
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