Runglish

[Dennis Preston]

Good shot Wilson.  I forgot such Russian items. (Although the /v/ [f]
is from another morpheme).

dInIs

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>How about [fstr] in _vstrecha_? Or do _biznesmeny_ prefer _miting_, nowadays?
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>Sineet more za bul'varom
>Kashtan nad gorodom tsvetet
>Nash Konstantin beret gitaru
>I tikhim golosom poet:
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>Ia vam ne skazhu za vsiu Odessu
>Vsia Odessa ochen' velika
>No i moldovanka i _peresyp_
>Obozhaiut Kostiu moriaka
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>Chto znachit _peresyp_? It's not in Smirnitskii.
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>-Wilson
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>On 9/13/07, Darya Kostina <tamarra at ngs.ru> wrote:
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>>  Sure, Dennis, Ponglish or whatever you call it )
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>>  It must be about the place of articulation: Mstislav
>>  Kostruba (not quite Russian, by the way, though a Slavonic
>>  name): here we go from the lips to alveolae quite
>>  comfortably. And borsh is CC in pronunciation.
>>  But [ndk] makes you shift back and forth.
>>
>>  Historically, we sure have our awkward words. But slang is
>>  not likely to construct something painstaking, save if the
>>  comical effect is worth it.
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>>  On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:36:22 EDT
>>    RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
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>>  > In a message dated 9/13/07 9:17:53 AM, preston at MSU.EDU
>>  >writes:
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>>  >> Betcha can't get four. Even English speakers have /str/
>>  >>(although
>>  >> admittedly not /mst/).
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>>  >> dInIs
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>>  > Well, there is [borStS] 'beet soup'
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
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Michigan State University
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