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[Frank Abate]

Please, for the linguistically ignorant: what is CV?

Thanks,

Frank Abate

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
>
> >JANGLISH (continued)
> >
> >    "Since 1893.  108th Amievsary."
> >    "Multi International Pab Restaurant."
> >     "Toddoler."  (This is how Japanese pronounce it--ed.)
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------
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> Since Japanese is a CV language, the inserted syllable in 'toddoler' is
> understandable.  Ditto for your earlier cited "Salasa burger."
>
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