Re: Fr/lat/ru tu-vous/tu-vos/ - : etymology ?

On Oct 7, 2:56 pm, "Brian M. Scott" <b.sc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:48:41 -0700, "Peter T. Daniels"
<gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:1191782921.133757.305920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
in sci.lang:

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[<woz>:]

You said it would rhyme with <Oz>, which is to say it
would be pronounced like standard <was>.

No. <Oz> is [Az]; no common U.S. pronunciation of <was> has
[A].

You're mad, sir. "Was" and "Oz" are a perfect rhyme. (Whatever symbol
you choose to use to represent the vowel.)

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