GREAZY and GREA SY

[Paul Johnston]

[gri:z] as a noun is usual in Scots, along with the same as a verb and
[gri:zi] as an adjective.  No Appalachian attestations?

Paul Johnston
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> >The only distinction as I remember it was/is in the verb and adjective,
> >right?  No one, to my knowledge, pronounces the noun with /z/.  I wasn't
> >aware of an added semantic distinction in the adjective, but then, I'm
not
> >a native in these here parts.  I'll now ask though.
> >
> >At 02:41 PM 3/11/2005, you wrote:
> >>E. Bagby Atwood, but I don't recall a "greaze" there (except as a
> >>verb of course).
> >>
> >>dInIs
> >>
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> Yes, I'm sure it was the verb and the adjective that were under
> discussion in Atwood's paper.  It's all exotic to me, but I'm sure
> [gri:z] for the noun would have struck me as even more exotic.
>
> Larry