CONtract/conTRACT

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Dear Dennis,
Hee-hee, yes, it is true, i was relying on my ioway stress rules--i always
use these as examples of phonemic stress with my classes and they always nod
their heads solemnly and tell me I am right.

It is amazing what they will agree to, I guess. Still, I can't imagine even
Jesse Helms talkin' bout Lincoln's Gettysburg ADDress and not meaning the
street where he slept. Can you?

Your friend,
Ronnie

In a message dated 11/27/2001 7:15:53 AM, preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU writes:

<< Have you been out practicin yore stress since 10/31? The Ioway stress
rules you got are way too complicated fer me. I ADDress the envelope
one minute, and give a short ADDress to the audience the next.

dInIs (one of whose students went to syntax class the other day and
was told by the instructor that Professsor Preston's judgments about
grammaticality were not trustworthy; in fact, the instructor
reflected, they were dangerous) >>