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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] CV syllables, was music in Hebrew
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:38:49 +0000

On 29/01/2006 21:16, Bill Rea wrote:

Yitzhak asked:-


What are tin ears


I case no one else has answered. Its a slang term for someone who cannot
distinguish some sounds. For example, Americans often cannot distinquish
between the New Zealand pronunciation of ``pin'' or ``pen''. Other have
trouble distinguishing between ``race'' and ``rice''. One could say such a
person, or people, had a tin ear. ...


Of course some might say that New Zealanders have tin tongues! ;-) Or should that be "ten tongues"?

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Peter Kirk
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peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
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