Etcetera

[Richard A. Spears]

 This might be of some interest to some.
 (Sorry if someone has already noted it. I came late to this
 party.)

 http://hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/staticmaps/q_34.html

 I have noticed that a few of those I have heard use ek >
SET....
also use ek SKEP for 'escape'.

 R. Spears

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> > I sometimes have asked my classes in History of the Eng.
> Language how many
> > use the /Ek/ vs. /Et/ pronunciation and it's usually
about
> half and half-- just
> > like often with or without /t/.   Both pronunciations
have
> to be considered
> > Standard American English at this point, but /EK/ is one
> of those pronunciations
> > that make me wince.
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> > Dale Coye
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