Re: Arabica

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:00:47 -0400, "Craig Andrews"
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:47:52 +0100, "Bill (Adopt)"
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In article <fca6es$8ql$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dee Dee <deedovey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How is "arabica" pronounced? Is it ah-RAH-bee-kah or ah-rah-BEE-kah?

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I see the other replies, but I'm wondering if England does pronounce it
differently that Americans.

:))

"A common heritage, divided by a language"??
(as in Winston Spencer Churchill)..

Perhaps many here might tend to sound, 'a-rab-ica' with
a short initial 'a' as in fat and the 'i' short as in
'no room at the inn'. At least I do.. at least for the
most part, I think!

..but some might say a-rarh-bica, where the middle 'a'
might sound as it does in 'farther', although the
initial 'a' and the 'i' will probably remain short as
above.

Those who speak with an Indian English accent where the
accented letters have a slightly different 'length' with
possibly the 'i' elongated slightly to an 'eee' sound,
as in 'sheep', although the initial 'a' will still be a
short sound as above..

The Scots, when they speak in English, will have a defined
'brrrr' sound to their vowels - not unpleasant. This 'brrr'
sound comes from feeling the cold, especially when sporting
kilts without undergarments.

The Irish accented English speakers will have a soft but
distinctive lilt, a brogue born of running waters in soft
meadows, mellowed by illegal poteen... (or whatever it's
called)...

The Welsh English speakers don't speak ..they probably
find speech difficult with long names such as...

"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogeryychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"

..which I defy anyone non-Welsh to pronounce 'correctly'.

..but then, for 'Arabica' some of us will just say 'Coffee'?
..with a rising inflexion at the end, thus making it the
question to which there is only one sensible answer..

.."Yes please!"


hh :))

Bill ZFC

Amusing Bill, thanks.

I am so glad I was not born Welsh because I would never be a speller.
Wonder what their spell check looks like?:)

aloha,
Cea from Kona where coffee harvesting has begun
roast beans to kona to email
farmers of Pure Kona

Right Cea, or a Babel Fish translation!! {:-o {;-D
Craig.

Indeed:).

I realized in reading more of the comments, I have grown up in a
place, unlike Wales, where a vowel in generally every other letter in
a word. In Hawaiian, you might have a 2 vowels together but never(!),
never(!) 2 consonants in a row. Japanese, which was the majority of
people in Hawaii when I was a kid, usually has a vowel as every other
letter, too. So when I see Welsh OHMIGOD, it looks unbelievable!

aloha,
Cea
roast beans to kona to email
farmers of Pure Kona
.

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