"athletic" and schwa insertion (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I used to go to high school with a football player who said he was an
"affa leet".

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> Subject: Re: "athletic" and schwa insertion
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> Yes, in "athlete" too.
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> My quite subjective impression, based on ancient aversion and a
zillion
> pages of freshman themes, is that the shwa-inserted form is about as
> common
> - and possibly more common - than not.
>
> JL
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Scot LaFaive <slafaive at gmail.com>
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> > I found some mention of this in the archives but thought someone
> might be
> > interested in knowing about another occurrence. After watching a few
> > Packers
> > games co-anchored by Rich Gannon (ex-Raiders quarterback and
> Philadelphia
> > native), I've notice that his pronunciation of "athletic" always
> includes a
> > schwa inserted between theta and L. Not sure about "athlete."
> >
> > Scot
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