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<DIV>Try that with a Ukulele in 4/4 time.</DIV> <DIV>A fine beer may help.<BR><BR><B><I>Kim Blewett <kim_blewett@sil.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"><!-- Network content --> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><FONT size=-1><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Yes, along similar lines, I remember our son at age 2 in Papua New Guinea, sitting on the floor pondering aloud the American English, Aussie English & Tokpisin cognate forms:<BR><BR> "waduu...
wara... wotah... waduu... wara... wotah..."<BR><BR>Sorry--I think IPA symbols might get lost in cyberspace, but you get the idea...<BR><BR>Kim<BR></FONT></FONT><BR>David Frank wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite" cite="mid01c301c75791$dc90f3b0$c800a8c0@Waxhaw.Jaars.Org"><!-- Network content --> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div></div> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Arial Unicode MS" size=2>Kim --</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Arial Unicode MS" size=2>I'll try to get you a copy of Mark's thesis, especially since you know him.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Arial Unicode MS" size=2>In light of the play on words we have been having, I remember a joke this same offspring of ours made up when he was just a little kid, growing up on the island of St. Lucia:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Arial Unicode MS" size=2>Question: What kind of animal can you drink?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
color=#000000 face="Arial Unicode MS" size=2>Answer: A bear.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Arial Unicode MS" size=2>That is the pronunciation in St. Lucian English of "beer," and I don't think he even realized at the time that speakers of other English dialects, such as his parents, would pronounce it differently.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Arial Unicode MS" size=2>-- David Frank</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:kim_blewett@sil.org" title=kim_blewett@sil.org>Kim Blewett</A>
</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com" title=lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com>lexicographylist@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 23, 2007 3:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Lexicog] sub-morphemic particles??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=-1><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">yeah... but the first few examples-- blare, glare, stare-- really do have something in common! <BR>I'd like to see David's son's thesis =o)<BR><BR>Kim<BR><BR>PS--I'd say there's
historical evidence for comparing only the homographs in these cases... <BR>In other words-- lair, heir, swear, where, solitaire ain't fair!</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE> <div></div></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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