Chinglish

[Mark Mandel]

Tom Zurinskas doesn't speak any dialect of English that anyone else
speaks, but he KNOWS that everyone else should talk like him and write
accordingly. Ignore him.

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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Poster:       Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
>> Subject:      Re: Chinglish
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>>
>> How is "Chinglish" pronounced
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
>> See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com.

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