an AAVE final CC reduction by Sen. Obama?

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Sat Oct 13 21:40:12 UTC 2007


In the last hour Sen. Barack Obama was being interviewed on NPR News. I
wasn't listening closely, but I'm pretty sure I heard him say "defend U.S.
/'IntrIsIz/ and citizens" (2nd & 3rd vowels as barred I). It struck me
because it seemed quite out of place in his speech.

m a m

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