South of the border we tend to use the term "distinctive" whereas
British English (and, perhaps Canadians) would use "peculiar" without
the negative connotation of "strange" or "odd" that the word carries
in the USA.

Mary M. Webster

aka Richard Cuff

On 3/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>  Ah, I see what you meant now... the use of the "sh" sound by the newsreader
> is "peculiar to" native speakers of Hungarian.    ;-)
>
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