First query after vacation

sagehen sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM
Tue Sep 9 21:08:57 UTC 2003


>I've heard of the intrusive R, but an intrusive S?
  >Kathleen E. Miller
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I hear "alls" a lot, and the  other day noticed that someone, in writing
dialogue, spelled it "all's" which made me wonder if could be /all as/: not
that /as/ is needed, but it might somehow feel right to the speaker. Maybe
/s/  is insinuating itself into speech by some such route.
A. Murie



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