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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT another to my list of questions
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:57:59 +0200
Le 13 juin 13 à 22:55, Andrew Fildes a écrit :

> How do they pronounce Nykon...er, Kneekon...er, ummmm.
>

Closer to the Japanese form?
Curious minds want to know
Ph


> Andrew Fildes (who came from the part of England where all 'a's' are  
> short and long baaaaths are for effete southerners.)
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> On 14/06/2013, at 2:17 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>
>>> Just as most of us can barely tell the difference between a  
>>> standard north-Eastern US voice and a Canadian - I can usually  
>>> pick that weird vowel sound but most don't.
>> The main distinction I hear is that in Canukistan there is only one  
>> way
>> to pronounce the vowel _a_, i.e. as in tack. On occasion they will  
>> stoop
>> to pronounce it as in tay. This has laughable results when using many
>> spanish or other Latin derived words. e.g. aqua>>ackwa or  
>> taco>>tayco or
>> worse, tacko.
>>
>> Mike
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