[mythtv-users] British vs. American English (was MythTVrequires a better name)

Ian Forde ian at duckland.org
Mon Sep 24 00:39:55 UTC 2007


On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 20:01 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:09:45AM -0400, joe.white at wachovia.com wrote:
> >    Unlike "isn't", "amn't" doesn't roll off the tongue with any more ease than
> >    "am not".  Probably because the mouth position for the ending m and
> >    beginning n are so close.
> 
> Actually it's because you have to open your lips and push your tongue
> up to the roof of your mouth simultaneously; it's a non-trivial
> manoeuvre to perform.
> 
> (Did I spell that right, British Guys?  :-)

Yep!

	-I (A British Guy)



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