Diaeretic? Sounds like you're taking the p*ss!
Still, this group is really learning me a lot about language.
Jez
On 12/23/05, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> Once upon a time all dipthongs were pronounced so that each vowel
> sound was distinct - still does sometimes as in the Geordie
> pronounciation of boat as 'bow-at'. Spending time condemned to study
> Middle and Old English learned me that.
> So you know where you can stick your diaeretic umlaut!
> AndrewF
>
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