Jarlsberg cheese (1966)

[Peter A. McGraw]

It's hard to imagine that Keillor would never have heard the word jalapeno,
even three or four years ago.  Is it possible his [j-] pronunciation was
tongue-in-cheek--mimicking, say, the way one of his "Norwegian bachelor
farmers" might pronounce the word?

Peter Mc.

--On Monday, March 10, 2003 4:07 PM -0500 Laurence Horn
<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

>>
>> But I didn't realize Keillor was that dumb (his show has really gone
>> downhill).
>
> I think it's still usually pretty good (if a little uneven), but
> that's what makes horse races.  In any case, the /y/ for *j*alapeño
> was from a bit that must be at least three or four years old, so that
> can't be taken as evidence.



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