Re: some more Irish vowels

17 Dec 2006 07:35:37 -0800: "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

Mistakes that constitute a Dutch accent when speaking English.
Do you know the song "Little Green Bag" by teh "George Baker
Selection"? That kind of English. It's so bad even I have trouble
understanding it. Nevertheless, it was a number hit in the States,
back it 1968 or something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baker_%28Dutch_singer_and_songwriter%29

No, I have never heard of that person or group or song. (What do you
mean, "even I"?)

I am Dutch, remember, so the accent is familair.

I noticed the coincidence of names, but since you lied to me by
claiming that the book was written in Dutch in 1967, /

Lied? The copy I have was published in that year. There is no other
year in the book.

/ I had no reason to suppose it was the same person.

I'll take Brian's word for it that the two elderly phoneticians (I was
shocked to learn recently that Wells is almost exactly the same age as
Ladefoged) who learned Cardinal Vowels from Daniel Jones pronounced
them differently some/nearly 50 years on.

I told you before that Wells (11 March 1939) is NOT the same age as
Ladefoged (September 17, 1925 ? January 24, 2006).

--
Ruud Harmsen - http://rudhar.com
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