Chinglish
Herb Stahlke
hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM
Mon Aug 25 21:26:22 UTC 2008
I just listened to the M-W.com pronunciations of "sin," "sing," and
"scene." In that speaker's pronunciation "sing" very clearly has the
vowel of "sin," not of "scene."
Herb
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The truespel database is not my dialect but m-w.com and other talking dicti=
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> I'd like to heare a sound file showing how chin and ching vowels sound alik=
> e. I believe I'm the only one in this forum who has ever offered a sound f=
> ile about anything. Sound files should be omnipresent in the forum.Tom Zur=
> inskas=2C USA - CT20=2C TN3=2C NJ33=2C FL5+=3B<br/>See truespel.com - an=
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> =3B prefers his own dialect.> dh> > No=2C it'=3Bs "=3Bching"=3B as=
> in "=3Bching-lish."=3B "=3BCheenglish"=3B is not a possible> p=
> ronunciation in English.> > Herb> > On Sun=2C Aug 24=2C 2008 at 1:=3B52 =
> PM=2C Tom Zurinskas <=3Btruespel@=3Bhotmail.com>=3B wrote:=3B> =
> >=3B> >=3B So you think it'=3Bs "=3Bchin"=3B as in "=3Bch=
> in-glish"=3B. I would think ~=3Bcheenglish.> >=3B> > ------------=
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