"I hava frien', hees name is Rainbow Jeremy, an he don't beweive in no techmowogy or anythin'. " - Ali G
Somehow, the "dark L" (L pronounced as a W) is the most annoying speech defect in the world. I can't listen to Polish spoken as a result.
Somehow, the "dark L" (L pronounced as a W) is the most annoying speech defect in the world. I can't listen to Polish spoken as a result.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
/Linguistics: Curious to see how people across the globe pronounce this
- 13/07/2012 07:02:35 AM
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Re: /Linguistics: Curious to see how people across the globe pronounce this
- 13/07/2012 12:45:03 PM
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neither.... who says dur-agon? i don't palatalize the cluster. *NM*
- 13/07/2012 05:23:45 PM
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Some Southerners? 
*NM*
- 13/07/2012 10:18:36 PM
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*NM*
- 13/07/2012 10:18:36 PM
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heh... another interesting feature of aave/southern dialects is str as shtr, i.e. shtress *NM*
- 14/07/2012 04:28:05 PM
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That's not Received Pronunciation. If I were dictator, we would beat people to force them to quit.
- 13/07/2012 09:40:16 PM
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So no "tyune" for "tune"? 
- 13/07/2012 10:15:05 PM
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- 13/07/2012 10:15:05 PM
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At least no "chune" for "tune"
- 13/07/2012 11:42:12 PM
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Not very good with the linguistics terminology, but I just say, well, "dr".
- 13/07/2012 09:54:08 PM
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How are "dj" and "j" supposed to differ? Can I have that in IPA please?
- 13/07/2012 11:49:02 PM
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Sure, if I can copy/paste this in
- 14/07/2012 01:00:04 AM
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