"Shev-uh-lay"

[James C Stalker]

Lansing, MI. Sundance Chevuley commercials.  Owner, Terry Angstrom,
(although I don't know that is the correct spelling of his last name).

Jim Stalker


Jim Parish writes:

> In Jim Croce's "Rapid Roy", there is a line which refers to "a dirt-track
> demon in a '57 Chevrolet". Croce quite clearly pronounces the last word
> without an 'r': "shev-uh-lay". (I'm not up on asciified IPA; sorry.) I don't
> recall hearing that pronunciation anywhere else. Has anyone on-list? If
> so, where (geographically or socially) does it occur, and are there other
> examples of dropped syllable-initial 'r'?
>
> Jim Parish
>



James C. Stalker
Department of English
Michigan State University