Telephone pole

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 17, 2007, at 12:45 PM, i wrote, erroneously:

> it's immediately followed by a stresseded syllable.

stressed, but not stuttered.

> ... i think that there
> are plenty of people who don't have hw in native words manage it
> frequently in borrowings from spanish.

a cut 'n' paste error, combining
   there are plenty of people who don't have hw in native words who
[or: but] manage it frequently...
and
   that plenty of people who don't have hw in native words manage it
frequently...

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