"parap(@)legic"

[Sarah Lang]

On May 21, 2007, at 11:30 AM, James Harbeck wrote:

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>> I know I also insert a vowel sound there. But now that I know it's
>> naughty,
>> I will continue to do so :)
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> Are you aware of other places in your dialect (or idiolect?) where
> you similarly insert a schwa between [p] and [l]? That is, is there a
> documentable transformation pattern?

I'm from Edmonton Alberta and I also insert a schwa--but we Canadians
are famous for that.

(I also say "ash-phault" for "asphalt.")

S.

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