http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/dictionary-of-blunders Language in a word Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:04:18 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/dictionary-of-blunders/comment-page-1#comment-16963 Graham Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:05:56 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=516#comment-16963 Sorry, Jack - I was merely reproducing exactly what appears in the book. I take it that the author intends 'birn' to mean /baɪrn/ rather than /ˈbaɪrən/ or /ˈbaɪərən/, which he writes with the usual orthography. Sorry, Jack – I was merely reproducing exactly what appears in the book. I take it that the author intends ‘birn’ to mean /baɪrn/ rather than /ˈbaɪrən/ or /ˈbaɪərən/, which he writes with the usual orthography.

]]> http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/dictionary-of-blunders/comment-page-1#comment-16960 Jack Windsor Lewis Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:09:12 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=516#comment-16960 HNY Graham Isnt Birn going to puzzle some of your readers besides me. Why dont you give the ph'netic'ly literate a transcription of what you take it to mean? HNY Graham
Isnt Birn going to puzzle some of your readers besides me. Why dont you give the ph’netic’ly literate a transcription of what you take it to mean?

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