Re: Against the theory of 'Albanian Loans in Romanian'

From: tgpedersen
Message: 30256
Date: 2004-01-29

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> > (compare <Schweppes> /sweps/).
>
> The English pronunication of <Schweppes> has raised a side-
> discussion which I've mode to the thread starting at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phoNet/message/658 .
>

Drinking /s^weps/ would be unpatriotic. Cf in Danish the originally
German last name <Schrøder> /skrøDeR/, but in Danish radio
<Randstad> /Rans^tad/, and on Brtish TV <Stockholm> /s^tokhoUm/.

Torsten