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===Charlie F. Caine=== | ===Charlie F. Caine=== | ||
'''Charles Faulkner Caine''' was born on May 6, 1921 in [[w:St. Louis|St. Louis]], [[w:Missouri|Missouri]]. Caine was of English and Irish descent, and grew up Catholic, attending [[w:St. Louis University High School|St. Louis University High School]]. Though he enrolled at [[w:Saint Louis University|Saint Louis University]] in 1939, by 1942 the outbreak of the [[w:World War II|Second World War]] led to a 21-year-old Caine to pause his studies to enlist, where he worked in US Army intelligence until the end of the war in 1945. He returned to university in 1946 to continue his studies under the G.I. bill and graduated in 1947. | '''Charles Faulkner Caine''' was born on May 6, 1921 in [[w:St. Louis|St. Louis]], [[w:Missouri|Missouri]]. Caine was of English and Irish descent, and grew up Catholic, attending [[w:St. Louis University High School|St. Louis University High School]]. Though he enrolled at [[w:Saint Louis University|Saint Louis University]] in 1939, by 1942 the outbreak of the [[w:World War II|Second World War]] led to a 21-year-old Caine to pause his studies to enlist, where he worked in US Army intelligence until the end of the war in 1945. He returned to university in 1946 to continue his studies under the G.I. bill and graduated in 1947. | ||
He joined the [[w:United States Foreign Service|United States Foreign Service]] straight after graduating in 1947, initially working as a junior officer in the Pacific, before being promoted to Political Officer in 1952, and later promoted to Senior Political Officer in 1957, eventually leading to his appointment as ambassador to the [[Poccasin Federation]] in 1961. | |||
==Development== | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
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* The realisation may be aspirated [[w:Retroflex consonant|retroflex]] /ʈʰ/, and similarly [[w:Voiceless retroflex affricate|affricated]] to /ʈʂ ʈʂʰ/. | * The realisation may be aspirated [[w:Retroflex consonant|retroflex]] /ʈʰ/, and similarly [[w:Voiceless retroflex affricate|affricated]] to /ʈʂ ʈʂʰ/. | ||
The pronunciation of ⟨gr⟩ is less variable; there still exists a distinction between /gr~dʒr/ and /dr/, though /dr/ is extremely rare and only exists in certain words, such as '''''gr'''ag'' "stop (v.)" and '''''dr'''ag'' "drag queen". | The pronunciation of ⟨gr⟩ is less variable; there still exists a distinction between /gr~dʒr/ and /dr/, though /dr/ is extremely rare and only exists in certain words, such as '''''gr'''ag'' "stop (v.)" and '''''dr'''ag'' "drag queen". | ||
==Legacy & criticism== | |||
[[Category:Bemé]] | [[Category:Bemé]] | ||