cannot: OED pronunciation again

[neil]

on 17/1/05 5:02 pm, Dennis R. Preston at preston at MSU.EDU wrote:

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> larry,
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> If you shift the stress to the first syllable (as
> I have heard some posh RP types do), the
> pronunciation [kaen at t] works.
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> There are also British Isles [kaen@] dialect forms (less posh).
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> dInIs, who is known for hanging around posh types in general
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Not being a linguist, I know not how to record Mr Mackenroe's Wimbledon
outburts other than as:
'You kuh-naht be serious!'

- Neil Crawford