Fries

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:41 PM -0500 9/13/07, Matthew Gordon wrote:
>Thank you Michael and Arnold for the quick replies.
>
>I'm glad it's /friz/ as that will be easier for me to remember since
>Linguistics was housed in the /friz/ building at Michigan when I was there
>even though it was spelled Frieze.

and you can practice on the dialogue:
"I'll have the Pike"
"Would you like Fries with that?"
;-)

>Note to other Michigan lingusitics alumni: A quick search turned up news
>that the Frieze building was demolished last spring!

Really?  I spent several of the best months of my life in the
basement there (Sept. '69 - Apr. '70)

LH

>
>On 9/13/07 12:22 PM, "Montgomery Michael" <ullans at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
>>  It's /friz/.  His son was also a linguist (Peter) and
>>  for many taught at Central Michigan University.
>>
>>  Michael
>>
>>  --- Matthew Gordon <gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU> wrote:
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>>>  Can someone tell me how Charles Fries pronounced his
>>>  last name? Is it /i/ or
>>>  /ay/?
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>>>  - Matt Gordon
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