mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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 Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Texan Woman Told to Remove American Flag From Office |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
Meanwhile, in my experience, many immigrants are even more pro-Americans than most Americans... |
That's been my experience too.
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| The "eye-rack" thing is something along the same lines. It is derived from the sometimes-still-used - and deliberately condescending - practice of referring to people whose ancestors came from the region south of the Alps as "eye-talian". And it is used regardless of the fact that the correct pronunciation in English is (IPA) /ɪˈr�k/ or /iˈrɑːk/. |
I don't know much about the Southern accent. But is the "eye" used in I-raq an outlier? Or the hard "a" in A-rab? Or do they use that same pronunciation for other similar words? That would be the test. |
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