A instead of ER

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:27 PM -0400 4/21/08, Wilson Gray wrote:
>WRT the spelling and pronunciation of "nigger," i.e. "nigga"?
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>-Wilson

Seems hard not to think so given the context, despite the coyness.

LH

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>On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Barbara Need
><nee1 at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>>   The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago has an exhibit
>>   titled "Black Is, Black ain't" and the poster says a instead of er
>>   "changes everything"!
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>>   http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/
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>>   Barbara
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