"Business takes Vi[z]a"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/17/2008 02:26 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

>I'm not sure these pattern as a class.  They certainly do for me.
>For this Easterner, it is indeed [viz@] (for both the credit card and
>the document) but Eli[s]e, [lis@] (or [layz@], a depending on whether
>we're talking about "Lisa" or "Liza"), We[z]ley (and We[z]leyan), and
>Le[z]ley/Le[z]lie.

Clocking in late -- yes to all of the above.  NYC-raised.

Joel

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