announcing newest little ADS member

[Nancy Elliott]

 i'd say his rhoticity is pretty much a done deal, with caucasian parents
from detroit and kansas city and being raised in orygun... the burning
question for me is, will he have the pin-pen merger?

nancy, typing with one hand while holding a baby with the other



> From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:48:49 -0400
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: announcing newest little ADS member
>
> Nancy,
>
> As President I offer a hearty welcome to a future ADS member. I
> suppose little Brian's rhoticity has not yet been decided on
> (although I suspect a tough row to hoe out there in Southern Oregon
> if a nonrhotic variety is selected for him).
>
> Best,
>
> dInIs
>
>> Arriving to give hope during a terrible tragedy,
>>
>> Brian David Elliott Rogers was born on Monday, Sept. 10 at 1:59 pm after 45
>> hours of labor, and weighed 6 lb, 6 oz.
>>
>> Mom, ADS member Nancy Elliott, is recovering after a very long hospital stay
>> and will somehow find time to resume her studies of rhoticity in American
>> English 'public' speech.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Nancy Elliott and David Rogers
>> Southern Oregon University
>>
>>
>> --------------------------
>>
>> ps- Nancy is glad that Barry Popik is still alive to clog her email, and
>> confesses she occasionally forwards his old recipes to friends before she
>> deletes stuff.
>
> --
> Dennis R. Preston
> Department of Linguistics and Languages
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
> preston at pilot.msu.edu
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