[Magdalen] Charleston Receipt.

[Scott Knitter]

Our senior warden sometimes lapses into "Strine," (Australian) on Facebook
(although he's from Colorado, I think), and my favorite is his rendering of
"air conditioner" as "egg nishnah."

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> Another English language observation: many Kiwis and Aussies
> strike me as converting short "e's" such as those in "ten"
> or  "depend" into "daypaind" and "tain."  There is a seeming  desire
> to avoid the French schwa "e" and e as in eh, and replace as
> indicated.  The cooking show with Anabel Langbein (which I love)
> will show what I mean.
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA