Another "$100 Misunderstanding" (1)

[Dennis R. Preston]

-e- as in 'get'? I'm sure the standard pronunciation (mine) is /gIt/.

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>On Aug 13, 2004, at 5:30 PM, Gordon, Matthew J. wrote:
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>>Poster:       "Gordon, Matthew J." <GordonMJ at MISSOURI.EDU>
>>Subject:      Re: Another "$100 Misunderstanding" (1)
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>>I took the unusual thing in this form (IN veh lup) to be the schwa in =
>>the final syllable.
>>Is that what Wilson's pointing out?
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>Yes, that and the clear -e- as in "get" in the middle syllable. It's as
>though my stepfather simply derived the noun from the verb by shifting
>the stress leftward in the ordinary way, instead of using a whole other
>lexical item, as I do.
>
>-Wilson
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Bethany K. Dumas
>>Sent: Fri 8/13/2004 3:57 PM
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>>Subject:      Re: Another "$100 Misunderstanding" (1)
>>=20
>>>>>is clearly the preferred - by me, any way - pronunciation.;-) BTW, =
>>my
>>>>>late stepfather, a native of Saint louis, though of Arkansas =
>>ancestry,
>>>>>made this odd distinction in his speech: noun =3D "IN veh lup";
>>>>>verb =
>>=3D
>>>>>"in VEH lup."
>>
>>I cannot tell from your spelling what vowels you are indicating, so
>>am =
>>not
>>referring to those - but the
>>stress pattern you indicate is the one that I have always used - with =
>>initial
>>syllable stress for the noun,
>>and medial syllable stress for the verb. That's why I asked, "Is joke?"
>>
>>Bethany


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