sammich

[Dennis R. Preston]

David,

AHA! You do assimilate to velars (at least sometimes). I take all
(uh, most) of it back.

dInIs



>I say "hang ker ch at f"
>
>American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Friday, January 21,
>2005 at 9:43 AM -0500 wrote:
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>>Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>Poster:       neil <neil at TYPOG.CO.UK>
>>Subject:      Re: sammich
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>>on 21/1/05 2:39 pm, Barnhart at barnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM wrote:
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>>>  But what about ignernts who say "sanwich"?
>>
>>Are they the same ignernts who say "hankerchief"?


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