rift

[Charles Doyle]

And some of those same students, and some others, probably pronunce "rift" without the [-t], bring the word even closer to [l]-less "ralph"?

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:31:35 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: rift
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>
>Wow, Joan!  That beats "ralph" by more than 600 years!
>
>  BTW, I've had students who, perhaps predictably, pronounced "ralph," v., as  / r au f /.
>
>  JL

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