"Shev-uh-lay"

[Laurence Horn]

>Lansing, MI. Sundance Chevuley commercials.  Owner, Terry Angstrom,
>(although I don't know that is the correct spelling of his last name).
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>Jim Stalker

Wonder if he's related to the more widely renowned Harry (Rabbit)
Angstrom, who if memory serves ran a Toyota dealership in
Pennsylvania...

Larry

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>Jim Parish writes:
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>>In Jim Croce's "Rapid Roy", there is a line which refers to "a dirt-track
>>demon in a '57 Chevrolet". Croce quite clearly pronounces the last word
>>without an 'r': "shev-uh-lay". (I'm not up on asciified IPA; sorry.) I don't
>>recall hearing that pronunciation anywhere else. Has anyone on-list? If
>>so, where (geographically or socially) does it occur, and are there other
>>examples of dropped syllable-initial 'r'?
>>
>>Jim Parish
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>James C. Stalker
>Department of English
>Michigan State University