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From: rharmsen@knoware.nl (Ruud Harmsen)
Subject: Re: Intrusive r: similar cases in oth langs?
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In article <3esb72$nfv@manuel.anu.edu.au> roos@leonard.anu.edu.au (G Roos) writes:
>From: roos@leonard.anu.edu.au (G Roos)
>Subject: Intrusive r: similar cases in oth langs?
>Date: 9 Jan 1995 21:52:34 GMT

>In alt.usage.english, there has been some discussion about the case
>of `intrusive r' in English.
>There is a similar phenomenon in Swiss German: In many words ending
>in `-en' in Standard German, the corresponding word ending in
Yes, in some variants of Dutch it happens with the -n- too. And in French 
maybe, with the -z- (written s, or not written at all) and a -t- for written 
d, un grand arbre? (i'm not sure)
