Grant Edwards wrote: > Right, but due to some wierd property requiring conservation of > consonants, when speaking Strine you've got to take the r's > removed from words like "carrier" and "order", and add them to > the ends of other words like Amanda.
The distinction is rhotic vs. non-rhotic accents, by the way; non-rhotic accents drop the _r_s. The latter example is usually an example of overcorrection. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not act. -- Sophocles -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
