" Olive, the other reindeer"

[Dennis Preston]

Charlie,

If you mean schwa by @, why wouldn't you have a schwa in that
unstressed position? Don't pert nigh everbody? (Whether you've made
an affricate of the /d/ in "made you" or not.)

dInIs



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>It wasn't the r-lessness that confused me, I think; it was the
>vowel, [j@] instead of [ju] for "you."
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>--Charlie
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>>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:01:46 -0400
>>From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
>>Subject: Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"
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>>I also do not have r-deletion, but I got this one immediately (in
>>the 12th century when I first heard it). Maybe I had a more
>>flexible ear when I was a Ute.
>>
>>dInIs
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>>>Poster:       Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
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>>>Try this one, dInIs. It's one of those old title-author jokes (it
>>>doesn't work at all in my dialect; I can't remember how long it
>>>took me to "get it"):
>>>
>>>_School Lunches_, by Maj. Sick.
>>>
>>>--Charlie
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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