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[Lisa Marie Heitman]

At 11:02 AM 9/19/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>  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
>
>
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> > 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
> > Office: (517)353-0740
> > Fax: (517)432-2736