What does ACCENT mean in American English?
RonButters at AOL.COM
RonButters at AOL.COM
Sat Sep 15 16:43:09 UTC 2001
In a message dated 9/15/01 12:26:09 PM, vneufeldt at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM writes:
<< In the context under discussion, the fact
that the speaker says "her" (instead of "the") makes it pretty clear that
that must have been the meaning here too. >>
Well, see my slip-is-showing examples before you say "must"; better to say,
"... makes it pretty clear that THE MOST LIKELY meaning here IS
'PRONUNCIATION'." Which is all that I have been trying to say all along.
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