Ophelia wrote:
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> "tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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>> Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>> "no worries" ;-p
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>>>> <g>
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>>> Ooops meant to write, that here in UK, a brat is usually a naughty
>>> child
>>> Naughty or not, I still wouldn't simmer in beer and then grill ...
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>> brats (rhymes with "hats") are naughty children
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>> brats (rhymes with "pots") are bratwurst
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> Brots???? Oh! I say it the German way Bratwurst.

HA! right! whoops!

now that you mention it I see how naughty brats and sausage brats would
be pretty much homonyms in the UK

the "a" in naughty "brat" in the US is this flattened vowel that I don't
believe exists in your hemisphere

the IPA symbol is æ -- you can hear it he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_vowel_chart_with_audio

it's in the near-open row (second from bottom) on the left

so throw another brattie on the barbie, mate!