Splib

[Dennis R. Preston]

Look like the old /hw/-/w/ jumped up. It bit me the other day. I was
out in the garden working and bitching and carrying on about how hard
I had it, etc... My neighbor said " You want some cheese and crackers
to go  with that wine." Luckily my pragmatic organizer took over, and
I had to figure out why what he said make sense. Finally, of course,
I got to his "wine" - "whine" homophony.

dInIs (whose /hw/-/w/ is obviously intact)

>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Wilson Gray [mailto:wilson.gray at RCN.COM]
>>  Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:02 AM
>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  Subject: Re: Splib
>>
>>   This use of the phraseology, "I'm in sharp," is
>>  together, hip, way out, charging, kicks ass, whales a while,
>>  etc., and is very interesting.
>
>"whales a while"??  Is this a typo?  I would have expected "wail a while",
>as
>in "Jump Jive and Wail"


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
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        Asian and African Languages
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