" Olive, the other reindeer"

[Dennis Preston]

Betcha don't.

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>I do [ju] for "you," stressed and unstressed!
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>--Charlie
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>>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:54:10 -0400
>>From: Dennis Preston <preston at MSU.EDU>
>>Subject: Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"
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>>Charlie,
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>>If you mean schwa by @, why wouldn't you have a schwa in that
>>unstressed position? Don't pert nigh everbody? (Whether you've made
>>an affricate of the /d/ in "made you" or not.)
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>>dInIs
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>>>It wasn't the r-lessness that confused me, I think; it was the
>>>vowel, [j@] instead of [ju] for "you."
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>>>--Charlie
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>>>>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:01:46 -0400
>>>>From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
>>>>Subject: Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"
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>>>>I also do not have r-deletion, but I got this one immediately (in
>>>>the 12th century when I first heard it). Maybe I had a more
>>>>flexible ear when I was a Ute.
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>>>>dInIs
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>>>>>Poster:       Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
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>>>>>Try this one, dInIs. It's one of those old title-author jokes (it
>>>>>doesn't work at all in my dialect; I can't remember how long it
>>>>>took me to "get it"):
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>>>>>_School Lunches_, by Maj. Sick.
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>>>>>--Charlie
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>>Dennis R. Preston
>>University Distinguished Professor
>>Department of English
>>Morrill Hall 15-C
>>Michigan State University
>>East Lansing, MI 48864 USA
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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