LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.11.08 (03) [E]

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From: Candon McLean <candon3 at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.11.08 (02) [E]

> From: George M Gibault <gmg at direct.ca>
> Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.11.06 (01) [E]
>- so ironically, Canadians sound more
> like US
> newscasters than most Americans do.

That's because many US newscasters _are_ Canadian.  And those
Candadian newscasters _have_ influenced American English, e.g. the
pronunciation of harassment.  Peter Jennings and his pseudo-BBC
'hair-iss-ment' is one of my pet peeves (Don't say it in front of me
if you're an American; I will correct you). ;-)

Candon McLean

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From: Thomas Byro thbyro at earthlink.net
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.11.08 (02) [E]

Ron

Although I have forgotten my Plattdeutsch, I have been aware for years that
my Hochdeutsch is not standard.  For example, I tend to substitute ch for
"g", such as saying Berch instead of Berg.  Is this due to Plattsdeutsch
influence on the Hochdeutsch spoken in Westphalia?

Tom

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