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Re: Wings [was: Re: Building big]
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sat, 21 Jul 2001 04:02:59 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Shiri Dori writes:
> Sorry for the delayed reply-
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> Let me assure you, it'll change. I think that I now have a twinge of
> American accent on my hebrew, which I *never* had before (even though I
> spent three years here as a kid).
Israel must be a real mixing pot of accents.
A woman I used to talk to at a service(gas) station near work was from Israel.
I was trying to work out her accent for ages. Sydney has a lot of accents.
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> > What about your name and surname Shiri? And how do you mispronounce "Low" when
> > you say it out loud?
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> Mine is Shee-ree (rhymes with teary) Doar-ee (rhymes with... uhh... boring
> without the ng. ;-). And for some reason, I say "Lau" instead of plain "Low"
> (as in the opposite of high?).
Dave is a "low" (row,tow...), though we can call him Dr Lau on his return.
It has that mad scientist sound to it ;^)
pete.w (it's Saturday arvo here, everyone's out scouting for L)
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| Sorry for the delayed reply- (...) Less grammatical, more accenting, saying a lot more "ain't"s and non-existent words (which is Chris's fault - no one does that around Baw-ston). (...) Let me assure you, it'll change. I think that I now have a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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