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R H Draney
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:45 pm
Post subject: Re: Caribbean |
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R J Valentine filted:
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:56:06 -0500 Maria Conlon <mariaconlon001@hotmail.com
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} People usually wonder, when I say Brian is a twin, if I ever get the two
} of them mixed up. Never. I'm sure you all can guess why.
He's the bald one?
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I wouldn't recommend that as a spoken answer, though....r |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:38 pm
Post subject: Re: Caribbean |
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R J Valentine wrote:
| Quote: | On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:56:06 -0500 Maria Conlon
mariaconlon001@hotmail.com> wrote: ...
} People usually wonder, when I say Brian is a twin, if I ever get
the two } of them mixed up. Never. I'm sure you all can guess why.
He's the bald one?
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Well, I certainly hope his sister doesn't wear a moustache.
Mike. |
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Maria Conlon
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:08 pm
Post subject: Re: Caribbean |
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Mike Lyle wrote:
| Quote: | R J Valentine wrote:
Maria Conlon wrote: ...
} People usually wonder, when I say Brian is a twin, if I ever get
the two } of them mixed up. Never. I'm sure you all can guess why.
He's the bald one?
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He's not bald.
| Quote: | Well, I certainly hope his sister doesn't wear a moustache.
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Bingo. (But neither does Brian. Still, I can tell them apart.)
Maria Conlon |
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jerry_friedman@yahoo.com
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:26 am
Post subject: Re: Caribbean |
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John Holmes wrote:
| Quote: | jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1106255949.269582.299580@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
This what Areff has not called "The Jeery Phenomenon", in which
MINMINM
speakers, hearing the "Mary" vowel where they expect the "merry"
vowel,
interpret it as the "mere" vowel and thus think I pronounce my name
"Jeery". Cf. "The Geery Phenomenon", which a college classmate of
mine
named Gary could tell you all about.
This is confusing. Doesn't Jerry have the merry vowel, and Gary the
marry vowel? What's Mary got to do with it?
Or are you Jairy, and your college mate Gairy?
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Right. Gary and I and a great many Amairicans pronounce "Mary",
"marry", and "merry" all the same. Those of you who make a distinction
would probably here it as the "Mary" vowel--but some people take it one
step farther and here it as the "mere" vowel.
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R J Valentine
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:14 am
Post subject: Re: Caribbean |
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 02:08:52 -0500 Maria Conlon <mariaconlon001@hotmail.com> wrote:
} Mike Lyle wrote:
}> R J Valentine wrote:
}>> Maria Conlon wrote: ...
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}>> } People usually wonder, when I say Brian is a twin, if I ever get
}>> the two } of them mixed up. Never. I'm sure you all can guess why.
}>>
}>> He's the bald one?
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} He's not bald.
}
}> Well, I certainly hope his sister doesn't wear a moustache.
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} Bingo. (But neither does Brian. Still, I can tell them apart.)
She's the bald one?
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R. J. Valentine <mailto:rj@smart.net> |
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