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Apr 13, 1999, 4:17 am
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Before activating Malaysian Airlines Enrich, could you correct the spelling of that country, please.
Although the correct phonetic spelling would be "Amerikan" Airlines, we "aliens" usually follow the native's usage!
By the way, it is interesting to notice how North Americans mispronounce "Malaysia", through emphasizing the first syllable, instead of the penultimate syllable -- which is the standard for the Malay and Indonesian languages. [Hence this automatic addition of y to Ma[y]laysia!] Japanese, by contrast, give equal stress on the syllables.
Merry - am I being too picky?
[This message has been edited by Koala (edited 04-17-99).]
Although the correct phonetic spelling would be "Amerikan" Airlines, we "aliens" usually follow the native's usage!
By the way, it is interesting to notice how North Americans mispronounce "Malaysia", through emphasizing the first syllable, instead of the penultimate syllable -- which is the standard for the Malay and Indonesian languages. [Hence this automatic addition of y to Ma[y]laysia!] Japanese, by contrast, give equal stress on the syllables.
Merry - am I being too picky?
[This message has been edited by Koala (edited 04-17-99).]