y'all-omigod-bonics

[Dennis R. Preston]

arnold,

Maybe I screwed up my 'museds." Coulda meant "be-" not "a-." Cut us
non-native speakers some slack, huh?

dInIs

>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


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