s -> z /V_V (was: deixis and deictic)
Mark A. Mandel
Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM
Tue Jan 16 20:32:37 UTC 2001
"Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU> writes:
>>>>>
[from Beverly:]
>dInIs, wassup with your 'whuzzup'?! Maybe the voiced form is used by some?
Indeed more than some. The fate of many intervocalics I reckon.
<<<<<
I have often noticed "electri[z]ity".
On my whiteboard right now is the grandfathered list
scissors
possess
dessert
Any more contributions?
-- Mark
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