On Friday, December 19, 2003, at 12:28 PM, Weldon Whipple wrote:
The turning point for me was when I travelled from Minnesota (where I lived at the time) to Toronto.
Trawna! But try Gander Newfoundland (and points north), for an ear opener on pronunciation of the English language in North America!
Try singing this, on four quarter notes in a descending augmented triad (C,Ab,E,C)
"Whale oil beef irked"
You have just perfectly pronounced what many Newfoundlanders might say when told something surprising. ;-)
Betcha that's what Brian Tobin said just before he "retired for family considerations" from the previous federal government. Yes, and who was the lonely lit'l cad-fish then Bonnie?
Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca
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