LL-L "Phonology" 2004.08.18 (03) [E]

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From: D.M.Pennington <dmpmos at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2004.08.17 (09) [E]

I say "poo-er".

"Poo" as in "shoe" and "er" as in "Goethe".

I also say "r".

Not trilled.

Clearly, I'm not from the south-east of Enland!

Tar-tar!

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From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Phonology

Mark asked:

"When rustics in Southern England, I forget which dialect groups, call each
other 'bur' (as it is written) how do they pronounce it? What does it mean,
exactly, nowadays?"

I don't know "bur" and it's not in my Chambers Dictionary. Chambers has
"bor" as East Anglian and gives it as a form of address to a man or woman.
It is formally an abbreviation of "neighbour". I know it as a Norfolk word
and would have said that it was normally used to a man, butI can't
substantiate that. I don't know whether it's used much nowadays. The
pronunciation is roughly "baw".

John Feather
johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Phonology

Folks,

In the British soap opera "Coronation Street," the character Janice (former
wife of Les) says "care" as though written "cur," "bear" as though written
"bur," "stare" as though written "stir," etc.  What sort of a dialect is
that?

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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