Date:    Wed, 13 May 1998 17:00:34 -0500
<br>From:    "Donald M. Lance" <engdl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: Beijing /j/
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<br>Larry Horn wrote:
<br>
<br>>  Perhaps the
<br>>German-style [ay] pronunciation of -ei- in e.g. "Brunei" as signalled by
<br>>Don Lance is a similar phenomenon:  it's not so much thinking that "Brunei"
<br>>is really a German name, or a name otherwise to be Germanicized, but
<br>>thinking that -ei- is in general a representation of [ay].
<br>
<br>This afternoon, I heard -- again -- on our University radio station EYE-tor
<br>for the first name of the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa Lobos.  At least
<br>he knew not to say the h-.
<br>
<br>I agree with Larry that these "mispronouncers" just think the general
<br>foreign pronunciation of -ei- is EYE.  When pressed, they might say
<br>something about German or French but might not.
<br>
<br>DMLance
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