spell Bar-B-Q

[Wilson Gray]

On Jun 14, 2005, at 3:03 PM, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:

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> Maybe it was written for Australians?

An excellent point!

-Wilson

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>>>> wilson.gray at RCN.COM 06/14/05 11:27AM >>>
> FWIW, the book title, "Barbecuing With Bobby," fails as a pun, unless
> you pronounce it as though it was spelled as "Bobby Cuin' Wit' Bobby."
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> -Wilson Gray
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> On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
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>> Along with numerous others, yes. Is there any need for the spelling
>> in Britain (except to refer to the American foodstuffs?).
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>> dInIs
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>>> on 14/6/05 5:18 pm, Dennis R. Preston at preston at MSU.EDU wrote:
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>>>>  Subject:      Re: aw-right
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>>>>  arnold,
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>>>>  Good point; the rules don't work at all for more general
>>>> l-vocalizers
>>>>  like me (i.e., those who distinguish barbeque from grilling).
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>>>>  dInIs
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>>> Is 'barbeque' the American spelling of 'barbecue'?
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>>>>>  On Jun 14, 2005, at 7:46 AM, Larry Horn wrote:
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>>>>>>  At 6:36 AM -0700 6/14/05, James Smith wrote:
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>>>>>>>  Anyway, the word is "awright".
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>>>>>>  and only when it *is* a word.  So,
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>>>>>>  "The kids are all right/alright/ = awright"  (= 'they're fine, no
>>>>>>  prob')
>>>>>>  "The kids are all right/*alright/*= awright" (= 'none of them are
>>>>>>  wrong')
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>>>>>>  Which supports the utility of the non-standard but popular
>>>>>> "alright"
>>>>>>  spelling indicating wordhood, especially given the parallel to:
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>>>>>>  "The kids are {already/*all ready} gone"  [for me, opt. =
>>>>>> "awready"]
>>>>>>  "The kids are {all ready/*already} to go" [for me, =/= "awready"]
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>>>>>  just to hammer home a point here:  this particular l-vocalization
>>>>>  occurs in the speech of people who are not generally l-vocalizers
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>>>>>  people like larry and me.
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>>>>>  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.
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>>>>>  (i've chosen not to respond.)
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>>>>>  arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
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>>>>  Dennis R. Preston
>>>>  University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
>>>>  Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African
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>> Dennis R. Preston
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