Nebraskans/Standard English

[A. Maberry]

Both Peter and I must have missed the parts of the West where it's general
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allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Peter A. McGraw wrote:

> Huh?  It's not general in any part of the West that I've spent any time in.
>
> Peter Mc.
>
> --On Friday, January 18, 2002 2:25 PM -0500 Beverly Flanigan
> <flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU> wrote:
>
> > And, since the 'cot/caught' merger is general throughout the North Midland
> > and all through the West, it too has become part of the "best"/"standard"
> > variety, except, I suppose, for the Eastern/New England diehards in these
> > fields.
>
>
>
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>                                Peter A. McGraw
>                    Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
>                             pmcgraw at linfield.edu
>