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. > > > > daemon = demon, day-mon, or ? [Dee-mon - The Concise OED has it as a > > variant of demon. Pandaemonium is strictly pan-day-monium but I don't > > know many people who don't elide it as pan-demo-knee-um (and therefore > > missspell it as pandemonium)] > > > > 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. > > > > > > irc = i-r-c, irk, or ? [Eye - Arse - Sea with the last two run > > together] > > Interesting imagery :) > > Doug. > Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
