"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "tert in seattle" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> "no worries" ;-p
>>>>>
>>>>> <g>
>>>>
>>>> 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 ...
>>>
>>> brats (rhymes with "hats") are naughty children
>>>
>>> brats (rhymes with "pots") are bratwurst
>>
>> 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 won't work for me Never mind, I guess we will just have to accommodate
each other)

> it's in the near-open row (second from bottom) on the left
>
> so throw another brattie on the barbie, mate!

But that is Aussie old chap))

;-)


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