indoeuropean/hand

[Eduard Selleslagh]

At 12:52 11/08/99 -0500, you wrote:

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>	What's the scoop on 'cent' and 'sans'. I thought both were /sa~/

>Rick Mc Callister

[Ed]

'cent' sounds more or less like /si~ng/ and 'sans' like /sa~/ in Quebecois.
Using the standard French pronunciation for 'cent' can cause hilarious
confusion, as happened to me.

Eduard Selleslagh
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