Heard on the Olympics broadcast

[Mark Mandel]

They do, in unstressed syllables: /a/ -> [^] or schwa. <ona>  ->  /^'na/.

m a m

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM, <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/10/08 6:27:46 PM, ronbutters at AOL.COM writes:
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> > Well da, konyeshno. And when the Russians refer to a female they say "ana."
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> Or "ona" if they don't have a/o merger.

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