14.1120, Media: American Mispronunciations of Foreign Names

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-1120. Wed Apr 16 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.1120, Media: American Mispronunciations of Foreign Names

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Date:  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:48:24 +0800
From:  "Karen Chung" <karchung at ntu.edu.tw>
Subject:  Media: NPR/Fresh Air: American mispronunciations of foreign names

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Date:  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:48:24 +0800
From:  "Karen Chung" <karchung at ntu.edu.tw>
Subject:  Media: NPR/Fresh Air: American mispronunciations of foreign names


    NPR's Fresh Air Online has the following audio report:

    Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the way politicians and
journalists are pronouncing place names associated with the war on
Iraq.

    Click on the appropriate link on this page:

    http://freshair.npr.org/



    Karen Chung
    National Taiwan University
    http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/
    http://www.topica.com/lists/phonetics/





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