Hello Mic, > In Australia, we say "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain". > > Whatever that means :-)
This is a partial quote from... ,----- [ http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=35459 ] | | You can do what I call a "brute force" search on www.google.com using | the following phrase search (include the quotation marks): | | "the rain in spain falls mainly on the plain" | | We quickly find from: | | South African English Pronunciation | http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/accent.htm | | "'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain' is a phrase reputedly | used by language teachers. Perhaps it is a good example, because it is | a vowel not found in some other languages, Russian, for example. It is | also, however, a vowel that differs in different dialects." | | Columbus World City Guide - London - Language | http://www.cityguide.travel-guides.com/cities/lon/Language.asp | | Tells us: | | "Professor Higgins (Rex Harrison) famously tries to cure Eliza | Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) of this habit in the film, My Fair Lady | (based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion), by making her recite | 'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain' and not 'The rhine in | Spine falls minely on the pline'." | | These examples appear to indicate that this phrase exists because of | its phonetic properties, and has nothing to do with the climate in | Spain. | `----- -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.0.1.33 on Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is (none) | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
