On Nov 28, 2005, at 2:19 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote: > What? Not amused by an opportunity to correlate folk spellings as a > clue to outsider perceptions of southern phonology! > > Shame on you! speaking for myself, i'm not amused. but i am interested in it, for the very reason you cite. arnold, apparently not in a particiularly playful mood at the moment