Nyuz

[Bethany K. Dumas]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Donald M Lance wrote:

>the nooz."  Try as they might, the nyuz people are not going to reverse the
>now-near-total loss of the palatal onset to -ew, -ue, -uCe vowel nuclei in
>North American English -- no matter what they dew, uh, doo.

Oh, I wouldn't take too seriously the rumors of this demise, Donald ... it
is alive and well everywhere I generally hang out.

Bethany