On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 11:28:51AM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:11:21PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 01:38:06AM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote: > > > > Canadian (7th generation, North Atlantic [St. Mary's, West Irish, > > Highland Scott] descent) southern Ontario dialect follows. > > > > When you say "have a nice day", do you pronounce the 'y' at all? Is it > > Daaaa, or Daaaai? Dipthongs are there for a reason; they differentiate > > words when spoken verbally (try listening to someone from New York > > speak, no dipthongs). I say Daaaimon. > > > Depends: I normally pronounce day (I think) as De (as in De profundis) > rather than Dei (As in Agnus Dei) unless I'm saying a "day's work" > > I'd also say requiem aeternam [requiem ayternam] unless I'm being really > precise in singing in which I might say ay-ee-ternam. I've a friend > who's a linguistics professional who knows this much better than I do > - he points out that each person builds their own language pattern or > idiolect.
OK, perhaps I should add to my dialect description at the top: My first words were Cum-By-Ya (I sang for 6 weeks before I talked, apparently). I grew up singing in church choirs. So I guess I say daemon the same way you sing aeternam. This is sort of like reading an introductary latin book. They tell you to say a given latin word so it sounds like a given english word. Big help there. Such books are a great veehickle to gettin an eduucaton. :) Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
