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Subject: Re: [OM] Rhoticity (pronouncing an r that isn't there Was: University of New Hampshire Bias Free Language Guide
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:59:34 +0100
I’d be just as likely to be asked if I was Australian, Jez, while I was in the 
USA.  But then of those locals whom I met, only those who had travelled 
overseas were likely to have a clue anyway.

Chris

> On 30 Jul 2015, at 17:23, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> An old (English) friend has just got her masters in some English Language
> related topics and tells me it's one of the characteristics of Britishers
> that Americans use to recognise us.  Like we can identify Canadians when
> they say 'about'...
> Jezzer
> 
> On 30 July 2015 at 17:17, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>> Hmmm, neither did I, Jez.  But it’s the right way . . . :-)

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