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Re: Changing Addresses

To: david.marjanovic@gmx.at
Subject: Re: Changing Addresses
From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:49:00 -0400
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Quoting David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>:

> Why is it that linguistics threads are unstoppable? :-)
> 
> > Probably the closest you'll get using English phonetics is "NOPE-chah".
> 
> That would be if the a had an accent. It doesn't and is therefore pronounced
> aw (like Scandinavian å).

Right, but for me (as for most English speakers in the western part of North 
America) "ah" and "aw" are the same sound.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

References:
- Changing Addresses
  - From: "Jaime Headden" <ja_headden@qilong.8m.com>
- Re: Changing Addresses
  - From: "Jaime Headden" <ja_headden@qilong.8m.com>
- Re: Changing Addresses
  - From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
- Re: Changing Addresses
  - From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>

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