http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/03/27/perejil-the-shibboleth-myth/ anythingarian rambles from the land of the fretting nun Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/03/27/perejil-the-shibboleth-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-194984 kalebeul » Trébol / Trevor Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:08:02 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/03/27/parsley-a-leth-to-be-shibboed/#comment-194984 [...] More evidence that our /l/ and /r/ may constitute a single phoneme for Spanish speakers: At Starbucks they always write your name on the cup so that the coffee machine operative can say “Have a nice day, [your name]!” When I give the name “Trevor” it often gets converted into “Trébol”, so this evening I said “Trébol” and the adorable Cuban behind the bar carefully wrote “Trévor”. [...] [...] More evidence that our /l/ and /r/ may constitute a single phoneme for Spanish speakers: At Starbucks they always write your name on the cup so that the coffee machine operative can say “Have a nice day, [your name]!” When I give the name “Trevor” it often gets converted into “Trébol”, so this evening I said “Trébol” and the adorable Cuban behind the bar carefully wrote “Trévor”. [...]

]]> http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/03/27/perejil-the-shibboleth-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-14775 kalebeul » Filibusters and boats on the Vlie Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:28:56 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/03/27/parsley-a-leth-to-be-shibboed/#comment-14775 [...] ve heard this kind of thing happening in Spain, but I can’t remember where. However, it does turn up in Cuba, where pirates used to hang around in large numbers [...] [...] ve heard this kind of thing happening in Spain, but I can’t remember where. However, it does turn up in Cuba, where pirates used to hang around in large numbers [...]

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