In a message dated 9/2/1999 8:23:21 PM, preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU writes: << Ron, Course. But how about the interrelatedness of this fact with stress. Southern "ice cream" is more likely to be "ICE cream" (not "ice CREAM"). Ain't there no relationship between that fact and the ones you cite? dInIs >> /mos layklI a:spoz/