isoglosses for hw/w

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks, Ron.

-Wilson

On 1/27/08, RonButters at aol.com <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
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> My memory is hazy and the hour is late, but I recall that the loss of
> aspiration was traditionally thought of as a feature of "Midland" speech, especially
> the "North Midland." As such, one would expect AAVE to have preserved the
> distinction longer, being a "South Midland/Southern" dialect. All of this has been
> pretty well documented, though, and there is really no need for anecdotal
> speculation--one can look it up pretty easily, I'd think.
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> In a message dated 1/27/08 10:47:56 PM, hwgray at GMAIL.COM writes:
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> > Once upon a time, I would have bet that all black people distinguished
> > /hw/ from /w/. But the distinction is now clearly beginning to be
> > lost, especially in the East. The distinction is maintained west of
> > the Mississippi - Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, California - by
> > both blacks and whites, in my experience, FWIW.
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> > -Wilson
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