The wall crumbles

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon Apr 4 03:37:52 UTC 2005


On Apr 3, 2005, at 7:35 PM, Bethany K. Dumas wrote:

>> I've just heard a black woman pronounce "whining" as "wining" instead
>> of as "hwining." The old order crumbleth. Well, it's to be expected, I
>> guess. A barracksmate of mine from Cincinnati once remarked, "Have you
>> noticed that, in words spelled with 'wh,' the 'h' is not pronounced?"
>> He was lucky to escape with his life. That was in 1961. I comforted
>> myself with the thought that we blacks would continue to represent and
>> keep it real. Oh, well. Nobody ever claimed that desegregation would
>> not have its down sides. ;-)
>
> Not to worry. Some of us white folks are helping you keep it real.

damn right.  now we just have to get those young folks talking right.

arnold



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