southmore

[Barnhart]

When I encounter "odd" pronunciations, one of the first places I go is
W3.  However, it is so obscure that I was not recorded there.  Nor does
K&K show this variant.  I checked Wentworth's _American Dialect
Dictionary_ (c. 1944) and found the following:

1916 Neb., Penn.  Occas. soth(o)more.  1930s cent. N.Y.  [(ipa)].
southmore.  Reported used by football coaches.  1930  Occas.
south(a)more.  Freq. soth(a)more & (sp. & pron.) sopamore;  6 of 30
persons tested said solph(a)more.  1934 [Neb.] sophromore.

Does Joan Hall have any further information?

Regards,
David Barnhart

David K. Barnhart, Editor
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