summer project-DARE pairs
Dfcoye at AOL.COM
Dfcoye at AOL.COM
Wed Jun 28 13:00:22 UTC 2000
In a message dated 06/27/2000 9:35:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
aaron at LING.ED.AC.UK writes:
<< }When I do something similar with my students (who are 99% New Jerseyans) I
}ask them to chose someone from their own generation, parents generation, and
}grandparents-- all native New Jerseyans. Changes are evident in some
words
}(the increasing use of 'try and' vs. 'try to', of the /ai/ pronunciation of
}either at the expense of /i:/ are particularly dramatic.
}<<<<<
}
}Would you clarify that last one? I have a hard time accepting "try" as
}homophonous with "tree".
}
}-- Mark A. Mandel
}
Perhaps that should read :
>>>of the /ai/ pronunciation of "either" <<< >>
Thanks Aaron-- that's what I meant.
Dale Coye
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