Torsten hm's the following hastefully:
>Hm! But anyway...
>French has lost its -s's,
Wrong. To pronounce "les haricots" ("the green beans") properly, you say
/lez ariko/ because of �laison (definitely not */le ariko/, */les^ ariko/ or
*/lez^ ariko/). This is where Louisianians, being francophones cast out of
Acadia, get the name for their music - Zaideco. Zaideco, les haricots, see
the connection?
Francophones don't use /s^/ unless they have a speech impedement or speak a
rare, hitherto unknown to me, dialect. Of course, there are no doubt Sean
Connery's in every language :)
- gLeN
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