plausible?

Bob Haas highbob at POP.MINDSPRING.COM
Wed Oct 6 04:00:07 UTC 1999


Donald, for those of us non-linguists on the list, would you please distinguish
between register and accent?

Many thanks.

"Donald M. Lance" wrote:

> It's the register than makes the difference, rather than underlying regional
> (or other) accent.

--

Bob Haas
Department of English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

                         "Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!"



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