Gov Palin

[Tom Zurinskas]

I noticed Gov. Palins "s" endings as well.  I call it spelnountseeng where the plural "s" is said as an "s" ~s (as spelled) instead of ~z.  Pres. Bush does this as well, big time.  It must be a Republican thing.

The name "Palin" seems to bounce between (PAY-lin) ~Paelin (in truespel) and PAL-in (~Palin) as spoken by others.  I think it's ~Paelin.

She's no "r" dropper.  Her ending "r"s are salient.

She's is a big time "awe-dropper", substituding the vowel "ah" for "awe".  My favorite was COCK-a-sis (~Kaakusis) for Caucasus (~Kaukusis according to m-w.com).  It's ~laa for "law", ~kaaz for "cause", ~aathher for "author" etc.  These to me are mispronunciations.

She has many spelnountseengz I like.  She uses "ex" instead of "ix" for words starting with "ex".  She said ~children for "children" which was a true spelnountseeng (I hear ~chooldrin a lot even from educators.)  She also spelnountsiz suffix "ed" as ~ed (Most often it's ~id, I think).

These are little things.  She tocks clearly and beautifully and I think the crowd was odd.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com.

> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:22:05 -0400
> From: marcjvelasco at GMAIL.COM
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> Poster: Marc Velasco
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> I noticed Gov Palin does not voice the /s/ on plural nouns, e.g. brokers (vs
> brokerz), boys (vs boyz). Is this particular to Alaska, or is it common in
> the northern reaches?
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