reservwah (was: paraplegic)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Webster's Third attributes this pronunciation not to misguided Francophilic
hypercorrection but rather to "r-dissimilation" [another example of which
(assuming a rhotic dialect): "governor" /gVv at rn@r/ > /gVv at n@r/].

This can go two ways here, apparently: for example /rEz at rvwar/ > /rEz at vwar/
OR > /rEz at rvwa/, says the book; i.e., either the second or the third "r"
can be silenced. I remain agnostic.

-- Doug Wilson