Can a have an A, men?

Margaret Lee mlee303 at YAHOO.COM
Thu Feb 5 10:33:13 UTC 2009


Obviously, the President does not drop his n's "all the time."

Margaret Lee

--- On Wed, 2/4/09, Rex W. Stocklin <listcatcher at REXSTOCKLIN.COM> wrote:


"Oh, well, you know, we have thought about this because part of what
we want to do is to open up the White House and, and remind people
this is, this is the people's house. There is an incredible bully
pulpit to be used when it comes to, for example, education. Yes,
we're going to have A EDUCATION policy..." - from "Meet the
Press"
12/7/08

Folks he DOES it all the time!!!! "a economy," "a
official," "a
Afghani," "a enormous," "a understanding". Just listen
closely some
time.

There was an incident with a football player during the pre-game of
the SuperBowl, but that one I didn't note. THEN Sunday evening
erstwhile Colts coach Tony Dungy, in a local TV affiliate interview
(for locals it was was WTHR's Dave Callabro) heard saying (regarding
his participation at the Inagural Gala): "It was A UNBELIEVABLE
experience"

It is a very recent trend that is like nails on my cochlea. And I've
yet to hear any other ethnic group partake in the phenomenon.

Any thoughts? Is this further erosion of the mother tongue, or a
somehow useful evolution?

Rex, in the cheap seats.

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