Dueling dialects

[Dennis R. Preston]

I guess that's why I don't participate in the discussions on
electrical engineering lists.

dInIs



>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Dennis R. Preston [mailto:preston at MSU.EDU]
>>  Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 3:23 PM
>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  Subject: Re: Dueling dialects
>>
>>
>>  Are you sure this is not the well-known southern shift of
>>  /aw/ to /aew/ with r-coloration of the resulting vowel (often
>>  somewhat monophthongized in southern speech)?
>>
>>  dInIs
>
>Beats the hell out of me.  I'm an electrical engineer, and don't speak
>monophthongization.
>
>>  >Maury County, TN is pronounced halfway between "merry" and "Murray",
>>  >maybe a little closer to "Murray". Blount County, TN is "blunt".
>>
>>


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