Hi MAU, Monday, November 17, 2008, 12:30:47 PM, you wrote:
> Hello Bob, >> P.S. Miguel, is it true that, as the musical says, "The rain in Spain >> falls mainly in the plain"?? > No. AFAIK, and as Wiktionary says, "The rain in Spain falls mainly in > the plain" is a phrase traditionally used to demonstrate differences of > pronunciation in various English dialects of the sound represented by > the digraph ai. It is indeed a complex matter (to my surprise) as per this thread: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/430358.html Thanks for writing. -- Take Care, Bob -- Using The Bat! 4.0.34.22 (ALPHA) Windows XP 5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 4.0.34.22 (ALPHA) | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
