In le message del Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:43:06 GMT, Cgao Coma ha scripte: Hi I recently jumped into this ancient english term, ANTANI, I don't know the meaning, neither the origin. It should concern the tuscan city of Florence (X-posted), but not

Do you know your E's? AmE, BrE, CanE, AusE, HibE, NZE, SAfrE, EstE, ErkE, SparkE, TCE, BavE, BizarroRayWisE, etc.? I've figured out the obvious ones. Erk? As Charles Riggs has pointed out, some of these are unique to Richard

I wonder if there are any speakers of a variety ... the "Ef" pronunciation. Is he from Scotland or somewhere nearthere? I don't know, but I still want to know what that ferocious-sounding interjection is that all the MPs utter

This supposed "Standard American English accent" sounds like a variation on the now rarely-used term "General American": From the dictionary at www.infoplease.com , which appears to be the *Random House Webster's Unabridged

Yes, but why do American dictionaries choose *my* pronunciation oversomeone from Alabama, or Massachusetts, or Wisconsin? There are glaring anddrastic differences in pronunciation from region to region. Not sure if this helps, but from

"Miz." No problem. I've also heard something like "Muz" and "Mez". I'm sure most dictionaries give a pronunciation, but for most of us, the word appeared and was used without any pronunciation guidelines.

Well, of course, pure IPA is far too powerful for a dictionary, except to distinguish dialect. A decent phonemic notation ... has different vowels in British and American English, but 'man' doesn't. Can I find this out in an American

"Joseph Andorfer" (Email Removed) wrote on 08 Jan 2004: There are regional, educational and ethnic differences, but the majority of American-born, highschool-educated speakers of American English as a first language who have normal

Once again, it sounds too much like "you". AND, while ... and "hir" as are used in many online fora. Kent Well, there are many dialects and manners of pronunciation, but nobody suggests to ban the word "air" because

With tremulous fingers I type the following : http://www.haukenfrers.net/Giggles/Technology/ My fingers are tremulous because I'm sure everybody in this newsgroup ... encountered it, so please bear with me. Here are my two questions: What