ah suh-WAY-uh - name for this notation?

Thu Dec 14 19:08:22 UTC 2006

ah suh-WAY-uh

Is there a name for this kind of notation?

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
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>Subject: Re: "Fo'ward"
>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:08:26 -0700
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><P>ah suh-WAY-uh (I swear)<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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><DIV></DIV>From:  <I>"Mullins, Bill AMRDEC"
><Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL></I><BR>Reply-To:  <I>American
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>"Fo'ward"<BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>foh
>shu-ah (for sure)<BR>foh evah (forever)<BR><BR>> -----Original
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>Subject:      "Fo'ward"<BR>>
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>-----------------<BR>><BR>> I hear "foward" for forward in the (AE)
>speech of people (who<BR>> generally give /r/ its r-ness) more and more
>these days.<BR>> Except for "Fuggeddaboudit"<BR>> I can't think of
>other places where this is
>happening.  When<BR>> forecastles might have turned up in
>day-to-day speech, I<BR>> understand it was pronounced "fo'c'sle", but I
>wouldn't know<BR>> from my own experience!<BR>>
>AM<BR>><BR>>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR>> W
>stands for >:<  War
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