Date:    Wed, 13 May 1998 11:25:17 -0500
<br>From:    "Donald M. Lance" <engdl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: Beijing /j/
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<br>a snippet from Mark Mandel's e-mail of 5-13:
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<br>> The example I recall was in Viennese(?)
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<br>Shifting the topic 180 degrees, going the opposite direction on a parallel
<br>track from the one we've been on:
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<br>The little town of Vienna, Missouri, is still prounounced [vai-En[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]] or
<br>[vai-in[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]] or [vai-ini] by old-timers, so I've been told.  And I've heard
<br>the first one myself.  Gloss: [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] = schwa, the rest in somewhat standard IPA.
<br>A side note: I grew up hearing neighbors talk of the canned little sausages
<br>as vie-eena sassidges.  Are Americanizations inherently better or more
<br>euphonious.  Depends on who's passing judgment.
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<br>DMLance
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