Rare Dialects

[Tom Zurinskas]

I had a tech rep on the phone that often slurred words in that he did not pronounce them well, usually when he talked too fast.  Slurred speech need not infer incapacitation of any sort.  Checking definitions does not infer so.
http://www.answers.com/topic/slur

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com


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> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:36:41 -0500
> From: djmetevia at CHARTERMI.NET
> Subject: Re: Rare Dialects
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Poster: David Metevia
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> I haven't read all of the messages on slurred speech yet, but was
> thinking that folks were thinking that slurred = elided speech.
> However, there are probably other characteristics of dialects in
> addition to contractions - not the right word, but can't think of it at
> the moment & one of the experts will quickly set me straight ;-)
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> Go back and read the messages on slurred speech this week! As the
> linguists=20
> on the list have noted, "slurred" is not an appropriate label for
> dialect=20
> variation because:
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> 1. it has pejorative connotations reminiscent of prescriptivist labeling
> 2. it is generally used in the scientific literature, if at all, to=20
> characterize qualities of speech that stem from brain damage or
> neurological=
> imparement
> 3. as a descriptor of dialect variation it is otherwise vague and
> imprecise.
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> Of course, not being a prescriptivist myself, I have no right to
> prescribe=20
> how you use words. You can call Mississippi speech shit-tongued for all
> I ca=
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> I'm just suggesting that, on a list-serv that was initially started so
> that=20
> people with a serious interest in American Speech could exchange
> information=
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> about their work and observations, you might want to bend in the
> direction o=
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> paying attention to the precise language of the trade.=20
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> In a message dated 2/23/09 6:53:56 PM, gww at OLEMISS.EDU writes:
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