sci.lang
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: English IPA transcription of "er" vs "rer" [UTF-8]

Subject: Re: English IPA transcription of "er" vs "rer" [UTF-8]
From: "Paul J Kriha"
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:31:33 +1200
Newsgroups: sci.lang, alt.english.usage, alt.usage.english
<andrew_woode@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1156925219.166963.81480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > Robert Bannister wrote:
> >
> > > What about standard spelling? I have only ever seen "furore".
> >
> > Are you in Italy? <Furore> looks very foreign.
>
> Furore is the normal UK version, though irrelevant to this discussion
> as the pronunciation is fundamentally different as well.

<Furor> looks very foreign down here as far
away from Italy as one could possibly be.   :-)
CED says it's <furore> everywhere except US.
pjk



<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Privacy Policy