atw: Re: a taco by any other name...
- From: "Warren Lewington" <wjlewington@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:19:08 +1100
OOH Slinka. Name by nature I see.
Very alluring...
Wassa.
PS Michael Granat. You have competition. Well? Whats keeping you?
-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Slinka
Sent: Wednesday, 21 February 2007 20:13
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: a taco by any other name...
Si! mucho mucho correcto!
And the guy who puts the meat in the taco.....
He is the Tachometer
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MHT
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:25 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: a taco by any other name...
My ex-OZ BF did indeed pronoun taco as "tack-o", (taking his Melbourne
accent into account), however, you are barking up the wrong tree per the
Mexican pronunciation. Our Mexican neighbors (both across town and across
the border), pronoun it "tah-ko", as do we here in the states. There is a
slight variation in the annunciation of the "T", with the Mexicans using a
softer, muted "T" sound (minor variation in the placement of the tongue).
The natural USofA predisposition sans the Mexican influence would be to
pronounce taco as "tay-ko" (as in "way", "day", "may" and "say"). However,
those proper east coast sorts with a bit of lingering pom ancestry might
well lean towards "tack-o", were it not for the Mexican influence.
Regards,
MNMary
> Damien.Wise@xxxxxxxxx
> On 2/20/2007 7:54:07 PM, austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Just to confuse things, Australians sometimes pronounce Taco (the
> food) such that it sounds like "back", forgetting that
> it's pronounced
> like "bark" in Mexico. Used to drive my (American) ex mad.
> Then-again, she didn't
> understand the way Australians -- and the rest
> of the world outside America -- slip an extra vowel into "aluminum."
> ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Damien
> On 2/21/07, MHT <runfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > YUP, tachometer wins the prize. We (USofA) say "tach" rather than
> "tacho"
> > for short, which here could be mistaken for "taco" (especially if
> pronounced
> > as in an OZ) which can mean either a delightful Mexican food, or a
> slang
> > term that shares some similarity with the OZ re-framing of the
> American
> > fanny pak.
> > MNMary
>
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