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[Mark.Mandel at LHSL.COM]

Michael Newman <mnewman at QC.EDU> wrote

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On the article, I am struck by the fact that the contemporary use of
the r-less version to mean "dude" (discussed a month or so ago) is
mentioned only in a confused and incomplete way. It is only the r-ful
version that retains a racial sense among most inner city kids.
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In r-less dialects like those of NYC and Boston, how can they tell?

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