sammich

[Barnhart]

Dennis,

I'm not ashamed to say I am NOT a Republican.  So, don't lay all the ruin
at my door.

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Friday, January 21,
2005 at 9:55 AM -0500 wrote:
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>David,
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>Well, you got your assimilators and your non-assimilators. Why any
>self-respecting person would like to stick an alveolar in front of a
>labiovelar is beyond me. It's you people who don't assimilate who are
>driving this country to ruin.
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>dInIs
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>>American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Friday, January 21,
>>2005 at 9:02 AM -0500 wrote:
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>>>For speakers for whom the velar wins out, "sangwich' emerges; for us
>>>labial champions, it's 'samwich,' surely the input for the next stage
>>>'sammich,' that last clearly the pronunciation of the ignernt.
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>>But what about ignernts who say "sanwich"?  Mine is clearly not labial.
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>>Regards,
>>David
>>
>>barnhart at highlands.com
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