LINGUIST List 20.3218
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Wed Sep 23 2009
Qs: Strong Form of Definite Article 'The' in English
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1. Petr
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Strong Form of Definite Article 'The' in English
Message 1: Strong Form of Definite Article 'The' in English
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Date: 18-Sep-2009
From: Petr Roesel <roeseluni-mainz.de>
Subject: Strong Form of Definite Article 'The' in English
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Dear all,
My query was stimulated by the following dialogue between Hugh Laurie (HL)
and Stephen Fry (SF) (they both speak General British English):
HL: [...] It's nothing more than a disgusting rumour put about by trendy
young people in the sixties.
SF: Trendy young people in their sixties?
HL: _The_ sixties. In _the_sixties. That's when it all started. [...]
HL stressed the two instances of _the_ and pronounced them /ðə/.
None of the reference books that I consulted so far mention this
pronunciation as a variant.
Do you know of any publication that deals with this phenomenon?
Linguistic Field(s):
Phonetics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
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