INDIAN vs. INJUN

[Dennis R. Preston]

>AAAAARGH!

dInIs


>At 11:59 AM -0500 1/10/01, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>>In a message dated 1/10/2001 8:55:28 AM, preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU writes:
>>
>><< >This is a really interesting observation. It would appear that the
>>>fast (allegro) speech pronunciation (not "dialect" I suspect) form
>>>of "Indian" has given rise to a new "ordinary" (i.e., non-allegro)
>>>form (which has become pejorative). Dialect forms which have had a
>>>similar fate (but which better fit the definition suggested here)
>>>would include Jimmy Carter's EYE-talian, for example. >>
>>
>>And if you say INDIANAN fast enough, it comes uot HOOSIER?
>
>No, if you say "Who's yer daddy?"  fast enough.

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Dennis R. Preston
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