spell Bar-B-Q

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, the book title, "Barbecuing With Bobby," fails as a pun, unless
you pronounce it as though it was spelled as "Bobby Cuin' Wit' Bobby."

-Wilson Gray

On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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> Along with numerous others, yes. Is there any need for the spelling
> in Britain (except to refer to the American foodstuffs?).
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> dInIs
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>> on 14/6/05 5:18 pm, Dennis R. Preston at preston at MSU.EDU wrote:
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>>>  Subject:      Re: aw-right
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>>>  arnold,
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>>>  Good point; the rules don't work at all for more general
>>> l-vocalizers
>>>  like me (i.e., those who distinguish barbeque from grilling).
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>>>  dInIs
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>> Is 'barbeque' the American spelling of 'barbecue'?
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>>>>  On Jun 14, 2005, at 7:46 AM, Larry Horn wrote:
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>>>>>  At 6:36 AM -0700 6/14/05, James Smith wrote:
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>>>>>>  Anyway, the word is "awright".
>>>>>
>>>>>  and only when it *is* a word.  So,
>>>>>
>>>>>  "The kids are all right/alright/ = awright"  (= 'they're fine, no
>>>>>  prob')
>>>>>  "The kids are all right/*alright/*= awright" (= 'none of them are
>>>>>  wrong')
>>>>>
>>>>>  Which supports the utility of the non-standard but popular
>>>>> "alright"
>>>>>  spelling indicating wordhood, especially given the parallel to:
>>>>>
>>>>>  "The kids are {already/*all ready} gone"  [for me, opt. =
>>>>> "awready"]
>>>>>  "The kids are {all ready/*already} to go" [for me, =/= "awready"]
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>>>>  just to hammer home a point here:  this particular l-vocalization
>>>>  occurs in the speech of people who are not generally l-vocalizers
>>>> --
>>>>  people like larry and me.
>>>>
>>>>  a moment of entertainment: i little while back i got an indignant
>>>>  message from a correspondent incensed at my defense of
>>>> "trepidatious"
>>>>  on Language Log some time ago.  the header of the message:
>>>>  I assume you think "alright" is a word, too.
>>>>
>>>>  (i've chosen not to respond.)
>>>>
>>>>  arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
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