<div dir="ltr"><div>All: a new cartoon has been added to our "more recent" cartoons page. <br></div>Go to <a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/images/cartoons/morerecent/index.html">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/images/cartoons/morerecent/index.html</a> to see this one. This issue of "Barney and Clyde" relies on<br>
the fact that some Americans, especially New Yorkers, make a three-way<br>distinction between 'Mary, marry', and 'merry' whereas others only have a 2-way distinction, or no distinction. This cartoons frequently relies on linguistic data for its humor; today's cartoon in this series is another<br>
example.<br><br>HS<br clear="all"><div><div><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
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