Runglish

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks. But only historically for  /v/ (and /s/) only historically.

-Wilson

On 9/13/07, Dennis Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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> Good shot Wilson.  I forgot such Russian items. (Although the /v/ [f]
> is from another morpheme).
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> dInIs
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> >How about [fstr] in _vstrecha_? Or do _biznesmeny_ prefer _miting_, nowadays?
> >
> >Sineet more za bul'varom
> >Kashtan nad gorodom tsvetet
> >Nash Konstantin beret gitaru
> >I tikhim golosom poet:
> >
> >Ia vam ne skazhu za vsiu Odessu
> >Vsia Odessa ochen' velika
> >No i moldovanka i _peresyp_
> >Obozhaiut Kostiu moriaka
> >
> >Chto znachit _peresyp_? It's not in Smirnitskii.
> >
> >-Wilson
> >
> >On 9/13/07, Darya Kostina <tamarra at ngs.ru> wrote:
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> >>  Sure, Dennis, Ponglish or whatever you call it )
> >>
> >>  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/).
> >>  >>
> >>  >> dInIs
> >>  >>
> >>  >>
> >>  >
> >>  > Well, there is [borStS] 'beet soup'
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