Re: Foreign is foreign, right?

On 12 Jan 2006 00:25:04 +0000, Des Small
<vonbladet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:yyrjoe2icmxr.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

> "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> On 11 Jan 2006 23:10:20 +0000, Des Small
>> <vonbladet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in

>>> I still refuse to believe that Americans really say
>>> [b&'leI] (or nearest offer).

>> I'd be inclined to write it [,b&'leI], but yes, that's
>> absolutely standard.

> [lA: lA: lA: lA:]

Hereabouts it's closer to [la:la:la:la:].

Brian
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