On 7/31/23 09:32, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
There is more than one way to pronounce MATE?
Years ago, an Australian friend (anyone else remember Rob Chanter?) was
discoursing on the varied pronunciations of that word, ranging from a
drawn-out appreciative "maaaate" for the buddy who had just bought you a
pint, to a very short and clipped "mate" for someone who was on the
verge of being on the other side of a brawl. And it's the word for your
coworkers and any other group you're with, a very all-purpose term in
that culture with context encoded in pronunciation.
And then there's the South American drink by that name, coming out of a
totally different linguistic tradition.
Anthony
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