Jesse on NPR talking about the origin of "pink slip"

[Tom Zurinskas]

Great stuff from ted.com.  The site below is on global trends of the last 50 or so years.  Well done with a slight Swedish accent by Hans Rosling.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

I notice the accent of the speaker says

Income  ~eenkum
include  ~eenklued
instantly  ~eenstantlee

A few months ago I heard the word "Finland" spoken by the prime minister of Finland as ~Feenlind.

The letter "i" as "long e" ~ee; do our preconceived notions not notice it.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:57:19 +0000
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> If it were "pin slip" both those vowels would be short i's. But of course "pink" has a long e as in "pea". This is obviously hearable by this speaker.
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> see truespel.com
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