announcing newest little ADS member

[Dennis R. Preston]

Let's hope you enstill this obviously superior dialect trait in hem.

dInIs

>  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
>>  Office: (517)353-0740
>>  Fax: (517)432-2736

--
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