Chinglish

[Herb Stahlke]

The vowels in "cheese" and "chide" don't occur before /ng/ in any
dialect of English that I've heard.

Herb

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> How is "Chinglish" pronounced
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> 1 as in "chin" where both vowels in the word are the same
> 2 as in "china" with a long i as in "chide"
> 3 as in "ching" with a long ee as in cheese.
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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>> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:37:19 -0400
>> From: bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Chinglish
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>> Now cross-linked on Language Log...
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>> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=521
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>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:20 AM, LanDi Liu  wrote:
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>>> For those of you interested in the inner workings of English's largest
>>> dialect, please see my new article (in two parts), complete with sound
>>> files and pictures, posted here:
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>>> http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs
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>>> http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/2008/08/a-structured-approach-to-chinglish-pronunciation-2-of-2/
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
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