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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2>Kim --</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2>I'll try to get you a 
copy of Mark's thesis, especially since you know him.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2>In light of the play on 
words we have been having, I remember a joke this same offspring of ours made 
up when he was just a little kid, growing up on the island of St. 
Lucia:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2>Question: What kind of 
animal can you drink?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2>Answer: A 
bear.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2>That is the 
pronunciation in St. Lucian English of "beer," and I don't think he even 
realized at the time that speakers of other English dialects, such as his 
parents, would pronounce it differently.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#000000 size=2>-- David 
Frank</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
  <DIV 
  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A title=kim_blewett@sil.org href="mailto:kim_blewett@sil.org">Kim Blewett</A> 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A 
  title=lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com 
  href="mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</A> 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 23, 2007 3:55 
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Lexicog] sub-morphemic 
  particles??</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=-1><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">yeah... but the first 
  few examples-- blare, glare, stare-- really do have something in common! 
  <BR>I'd like to see David's son's thesis =o)<BR><BR>Kim<BR><BR>PS--I'd say 
  there's historical evidence for comparing only the homographs in these 
  cases... <BR>In other words-- lair, heir, swear, where, solitaire ain't 
  fair!</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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