spell Bar-B-Q

[Dennis R. Preston]

Along with numerous others, yes. Is there any need for the spelling
in Britain (except to refer to the American foodstuffs?).

dInIs

>on 14/6/05 5:18 pm, Dennis R. Preston at preston at MSU.EDU wrote:
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>>  arnold,
>>
>>  Good point; the rules don't work at all for more general l-vocalizers
>>  like me (i.e., those who distinguish barbeque from grilling).
>>
>>  dInIs
>>
>
>Is 'barbeque' the American spelling of 'barbecue'?
>
>>>  On Jun 14, 2005, at 7:46 AM, Larry Horn wrote:
>>>
>>>>  At 6:36 AM -0700 6/14/05, James Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Anyway, the word is "awright".
>>>>
>>>>  and only when it *is* a word.  So,
>>>>
>>>>  "The kids are all right/alright/ = awright"  (= 'they're fine, no
>>>>  prob')
>>>>  "The kids are all right/*alright/*= awright" (= 'none of them are
>>>>  wrong')
>>>>
>>>>  Which supports the utility of the non-standard but popular "alright"
>>>>  spelling indicating wordhood, especially given the parallel to:
>>>>
>>>>  "The kids are {already/*all ready} gone"  [for me, opt. = "awready"]
>>>>  "The kids are {all ready/*already} to go" [for me, =/= "awready"]
>>>
>>>  just to hammer home a point here:  this particular l-vocalization
>>>  occurs in the speech of people who are not generally l-vocalizers --
>>>  people like larry and me.
>>>
>>>  a moment of entertainment: i little while back i got an indignant
>>>  message from a correspondent incensed at my defense of "trepidatious"
>>>  on Language Log some time ago.  the header of the message:
>>>  I assume you think "alright" is a word, too.
>>>
>>>  (i've chosen not to respond.)
>>>
>>>  arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
>>
>>
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