Re: "I'm coffee and he's espresso." -- facially nonsensical

From: Adrian Bailey (dadge_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:36:35 +0100

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:40C91EE5.5C3A@worldnet.att.net...
> Adrian Bailey wrote:
>
> > There was a woman on TV the other night called Tanya, except she wasn't
> > called Tanya, she was called "Tahnya". That kind of affected
pronunciation
> > makes the toes curl of anyone born north of Watford, and "latte" is in
the
> > same class.
>
> Well -- how else would you pronounce "Tanya"?

The first "a" as in "man", the second, a shwa.

> Don't you remember the notorious Tonya [I think] Harding?

Yes I do, but what of it?

Adrian

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