Fwd: Re: Nuxalk

[Mike Cleven]

Thomas R. Speer wrote:
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> Subject:
> Re: Nuxalk
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> "Thomas R. Speer" <trspeer at yahoo.com>
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> Sun, 9 Jun 2002 19:26:25 -0700 (PDT)
> To:
> "Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at D.UMN.EDU>
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> Dear Alan Hartley,
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> "Noo" as in Moon
> "x" as in the "ch" in the name of the composer Bach
> "a" as in Father
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> The emphasis is placed on the second syllable "xalk".

That I hadn't heard, but it's not a name that turns up in the media
often; I suppose that's correct _in_ Nuxalk.  Alan had asked for how it
was pronounced in (presumably local) English, which AFAIK places the
accent on the first syllable; anytime I've heard it anyway.





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Mike Cleven
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