trou (1970)

[Amy West]

Hey, one of my ancestors was a Dartmouth trustee: the Rev. Pliny Butts Day.
Imagine putting that name on your genealogy as a kid.

---Amy West

>Date:    Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:54:05 -0500
>From:    Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: trou (1970)
>
>May we assume that Dean Thaddeus Seymour (subsequent to the reported
>incident, at least) was surnamed "Butts"?
>
>Do New Englanders drop postvocalic trou?
>
>--Charlie

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