please put places lived history in signature (was merkins)

[Tom Zurinskas]

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>It is not uncommon in American English to weaken and drop unaccented vowels
>from the first syllables of words, whether or not they are preceded by a
>consonant, e.g., POLICE > P'LICE, ARRANGE > 'RANGE. etc.


I's say those pronunciations are quite uncommon in USA, but possibly not in
UK.  You're from UK I gather.

I'd like us all to put a line history of places lived like mine below in my
signature.  I find many  responses I get are from non-American natives, even
though this is "American" Dialect Society.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.

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