accusative cursing

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:46 PM -0400 4/9/07, James C Stalker wrote:
>In the 50s in Louisville, KY, I had a couple (of) doublets clearly
>pronounced differently and clearly situationally determined.  Adam and Eve
>were naked.  When real people took their clothes off, they were neked.

a.k.a. "nekkid"?

shades of _vase_ ("veyce" vs. "vahzz", depending on the cost/value;
it's always a precious Ming vahzz, but you can buy a veyce for a
coupla bucks)

LH

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