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<div>California for years embraced the "whole word" reading approach. Teachers were not allowed to say that letters stood for sounds. So language is free to float and be trendy. California become an "awe dropping" state and is a big media provider. Thus "awe dropping" is really out there in media affecting the whole USA. I'm not in favor of it because of homonyms.</div><div><br></div><div>These are my screenrs involving "awe"</div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.screenr.com/szc8">http://www.screenr.com/szc8</a> allophonic range and awe ~au<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.screenr.com/vOc8">http://www.screenr.com/vOc8</a> 5k analysis of ~au (awe) frequency from book 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8dEW_umUsk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8dEW_umUsk</a> awe dropping example<o:p></o:p></p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div>I highly recommend http://screenr.com for this forum and elsewhere</div><br>Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.<br>See how English spelling links to sounds<font color="#31859b"> </font>at <a href="http://justpaste.it/ayk" target="_blank">http://justpaste.it/ayk</a><br><br><br> <br> <br><br><br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:22:11 -0400<br>> From: Berson@ATT.NET<br>> Subject: Re: "move the needle"<br>> To: ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<br>> <br>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------<br>> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU><br>> Poster: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson@ATT.NET><br>> Subject: Re: "move the needle"<br>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> At 7/16/2012 08:44 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:<br>> >To make progress. Not in OED.<br>> ><br>> >A Romney spokesman says in CNN that in three-and-a half years in office,<br>> >the Presdient "hasn't even moved the needle" on "jobs creation."<br>> ><br>> >In my day, that would have been "*job* creation."<br>> ><br>> >But my day is past.<br>> <br>> Now that he is gone, we need to create more more Jobs.<br>> <br>> Joel<br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------<br>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org<br></div> </div></body>
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