LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.10.24 (03) [E]

[Lowlands-L]

======================================================================
 L O W L A N D S - L * 24.OCT.2002 (03) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
 Web Site: <http://www.lowlands-l.net>  Email: admin at lowlands-l.net
 Rules & Guidelines: <http://www.lowlands-l.net/rules.htm>
 Posting Address: <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>
 Server Manual: <http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html>
 Archive: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html>
=======================================================================
 You have received this because you have been subscribed upon request.
 To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l" as message
 text from the same account to <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or
 sign off at <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
=======================================================================
 A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
 L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic
               V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
=======================================================================

From: Gustaaf Van Moorsel gvanmoor at aoc.nrao.edu
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.10.24 (01) [E]

Ron wrote:

> My all-time "favorite" is _Bundestag_ (the name of the German parliament)
as
> pronounced by American and some British news people who want to
demonstrate
> their German language prowess: "Bundeschta(a)k".  They are not aware that
> there is a morpheme boundary there: _Bundes_ and _Tag_, that /st/ > [St]
> therefore does not apply.

A little off the sibilant subject, my favorite morpheme boundary
mistake by English speakers is Luf-thansa.

Gustaaf

==================================END===================================
* Please submit postings to <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>.
* Postings will be displayed unedited in digest form.
* Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
* Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
  to be sent to <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or at
  <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
 =======================================================================