schwa insertion (fwd)

[Peter A. McGraw]

Peter R. has demanded that I share this scholarly exchange with the list.
(He was scared to.)

Peter Mc.

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> --On Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:54 AM -0800 Peter McGraw
> <pmcgraw at linfield.edu> wrote:
>
> >> A woman of my family's acquaintance used to complain of her
> >> "Arthuritis."

And Peter Richardson <prichard at linfield.edu> answered:

> > That's a disease contracted by those put to the sword by a medieval
> > English king, isn't it?
> >

Only to be answered thusly by "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at linfield.edu>:

> Oh, I see!  I always thought it was the aches and pains suffered by
> English  kings who lived beyond middle age in the Middle Ages.  (Those
> cold, damp  castles and all.  Not to mention repeated stooping to get
> through those  famously low doors.  And that climate!  You know how they
> always speak of  "the rain of King Arthur.")
>

And finally (one hopes), Peter Richardson <prichard at linfield.edu> replied:

Date: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:47 AM -0800rrom: Peter Richardson
<prichard at linfield.edu>
To: "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at linfield.edu>
Subject: Re: schwa insertion

OK, now send this little banter on to the group, who will have already
begun to wonder about the drinking water in this place...


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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu