Shrimp . . .

[Charles Doyle]

Regarding "schrimp":  Perhaps I should be embarrassed to confess, but it was just a few years ago (well, maybe a few decades ago) that I realized the consonant cluster [Sr-] could occur in English; it was something exotic, to be mastered (with difficulty) in German class.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:23:52 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: fruneral
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>Many white Southerners say "srimp.">

>  JL
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>Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Those pronunciations are all (stereo)typical of BE. "Scrimp" for "shrimp" is another one. It's "srimp" for me, but I've heard "scrimp" . . . .

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