Jarlsberg cheese (1966)

[Strata Rose Chalup]

I'd bet Keillor was trying to be funny in that deadpan way of
his.

I remember a children's rhyme from central NH (Concord area, 70's)
that went something like "My name is Yahn Yahnson, I live in
Visconsin, I vurk in dze lumbah mills dzere..."

cheers,
Strata

Laurence Horn wrote:
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> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: Jarlsberg cheese (1966)
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> Always with a /y/ initially in my experience, and I'm sure I would
> have noticed an initial affricate if I'd ever heard one.  If
> anything, that Germanic /y/ for "j" overextends, as when Garrison
> Keillor on Prairie Home Companion pronounces "jalapeño" with an
> initial /y/ instead of /h/ or even /x/.  Another form of
> hyperforeignism that this time isn't derived from the French, but of
> course in Minnesota they're likely to have a lot more /y/ for "j"
> native speakers than either /zh/ or /h/ for "j" speakers.
>
> Larry

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