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- From: bvaughan@sheps.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan)
- Subject: Re: Americanisms (was Re: Back from the UK)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.163024.23093@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:30:24 GMT
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- In article <1jpknaINN3mt@menudo.uh.edu> chem91@Elroy.UH.EDU writes:
- >
- >Another classic is the long "u" sound: only (certain) Americans will
- >say "It's Toosday, and I've finished tootering and put away the test toobs.
- >Let's go out for a tooner sandwich... etc." It sounds ***terrible*** to me.
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- Instead of a mellifluous diphthong, Americans use an ugly pure vowel.
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- >Also, the "an" sound: "You cayn't wear paynts on the raynch" is about as
- >close as I can "translate".
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- Instead of a clear, pure, vowel, Americans use an ugly diphthong. I
- suppose we're damned if we do and damned if we don't.
-
- Barbara Vaughan
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