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From: "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: confusing : plural 's' sound
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:43:11 +0100
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Chris Croughton wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:31:20 +0100, Mike Lyle
> <mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
[...]
>> Other English speakers, with a few dialectal exceptions,
>> don't.
>
> Dialects derived from Norse/Germanic immigrants or others as well?
My experience is that it's where there's a Welsh or Gaelic influence;
but I didn't specify, as there may be others I wot not of.
--
Mike.
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