beaner

[Wilson Gray]

Yes. I should have used "C," I think, and not "T." Thanks for calling
that to my attention, Mark.

-Wilson

On 6/12/07, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 6/11/07, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> > In BE, from Texas to California, at least, the everyday term for
> > anyone perceived to be a member of any Spanish-speaking community
> > whatsoever, is "Spanish." The term for a member of any
> > Portuguese-speaking community, is "Portuguee" [poT at gi], even in East
> > Texas, where you wouldn't expect there to be enough people of
> > Portuguese-speaking ancestry to engage the attention of us black East
> > Texans.
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>
> Wilson, is that [T] for  a palato-alveolar affricate, "ch"?
>
> m a m
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