"Gwine"

[Dennis R. Preston]

What makes you guys think that the NYTimes doesn't think these are
two different lexical items?

dInIs



>At 7:44 PM +0100 2/28/05, Paul Frank wrote:
>>  > And don't forget "roil" --> "rile," which is in fact the more common
>>>  pronunciation for most of us today (except for the NY Times, which
>>>  insists on spelling it "roil").
>>>  >Paul Johnston
>>>  >Western Michigan University
>>
>>It does?
>>
>>Mr. Brus's recent drawings, made with considerable skill and including
>>handwritten poetic texts, hark back to a time early in the 20th century
>>when blasphemy and images of sexual decadence could still rile up the
>>bourgeoisie.
>>NYT, February 11, 2005
>>
>>I think I've seen both roil and rile in the Times.
>>
>For the previous two years, using Full Text option on Nexis:
>
>roil  134
>rile    67
>
>Confirming Paul F's point--a 2:1 ratio doesn't seem like a stylistic
>"insist"ence.
>
>larry


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