Teddy Bear, etc.

[David Wake]

Not everyone has the weak vowel merger, you know.

On Sep 13, 2010, at 14:52, Ronald Butters <ronbutters at AOL.COM> wrote:

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> "Espiranto" is the English spelling; we have schwas. Like "German"
> for "Deutch," "French" for "francais, '"Russian" for "Rooskie/
> Rooskaya/Rooskoye," etc.
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> On Sep 13, 2010, at 4:37 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
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>> Esp*I*ranto? The couch-potato jock jargon?
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>> VS-)
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>> On 9/13/10, ronbutters at aol.com <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:
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>>> Well there is Espiranto. And Tagmemics. .
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