cannot: OED pronunciation UK

[neil]

on 17/1/05 5:23 pm, neil at neil at TYPOG.CO.UK wrote:

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> on 17/1/05 5:02 pm, Dennis R. Preston at preston at MSU.EDU wrote:
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>> larry,
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>> If you shift the stress to the first syllable (as
>> I have heard some posh RP types do), the
>> pronunciation [kaen at t] works.
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>> There are also British Isles [kaen@] dialect forms (less posh).
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>> dInIs, who is known for hanging around posh types in general

Just chucking a stone in the water.

Of course Charles, a monarch in waiting (dream on - what's the origin of
that?), would say 'You kent be serious!'

- Neil Crawford