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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Vowels
From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:54:37 -0500
Just thong, not dipthong, eh?

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On 12/2/2004 at 8:36 PM Andrew Fildes wrote:

>The Placid girl was of murican hill folk parentage but, of course, only 
>a short drive south of Montreal so there is justification. I once had a 
>girlfriend from Kingston who did not exhibit the dipthong but showed me 
>a great deal else.
>Hennessy was Irish OK?!
>AndrewF
>
>
>On 02/12/2004, at 2:57 PM, Earl Dunbar wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, there is variation.  I will take your description 
>> ("pronounciation [sic] of both vowels in the dipthong") as more 
>> authoritative than my meagre ramblings.  The Lake Placid student 
>> citation is interesting, but I sniff out maybe Canadian parent(s) of 
>> the youngster?
>>
>> Anyway, I don't think a good Bordeaux an exact match for haggis, but 
>> the Scots have traditionally had strong allies in Gaul, and if we take 
>> the absolute best of both worlds (Highlands, Lagavulin, Highland Park 
>> plus Bordeaux, Burgundy et Sancerre), one can be trés satisfé.
>>
>> Earl
>>
>
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