dialect in novels

[Bob Fitzke]

Don't you just love a "rule with many exceptions"? How many exceptions
does it take to negate the rule? :-)

Bob

"Dennis R. Preston" wrote:
>
> >What's nerve-grating about a pretty good rule (although there are
> >many exceptions): Irregulars are done away with in metaphoric usage.
> >Goose (application of thumb to backside) has plural gooses;
> >preterite of fly out (baseball) is "flied out" (not "flew out"). Snd
> >so on. Chill.
>
> dInIs
>
> PS: Exception - computer mice (although mouses was once used)
>
> >Speaking of "nerve-grating", why is the Toronto hockey club known as the
> >"Maple Leafs" and not the "Maple Leaves"?
> >
> >Beverly Flanigan wrote:
> >>
> >>  At 10:13 AM 2/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >>  >Wouldn't argue. It just seems that one or the other is redundant; like
> >>  >"focus in on" or "continued on".
> >>  >
> >>  >Go Green
> >>  >
> >>  >Bob
> >>
> >>  Reminds me of a former TA who considers "co-occur together" (quoted from
> >>  Fromkin & Rodman, our old Lx favorite) to be "teeth-clenchingly,
> >>  nerve-gratingly redundant."  Needless to say, she's no longer teaching
> >>  linguistics.
> >>
> >>  _____________________________________________
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