JHH on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday

[Wilson Gray]

Back in Saint Louis, we put a *bug*, rather than a flea, in someone's ear.

-Wilson

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Herb Stahlke<hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Among the definitions sampled in the article is
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> nebby (adj) Snoopy, inquisitive. (Usage: chiefly Pennsylvania)
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> Here in Central Indiana the pronunciation is "nibby." Â I don't have
> access to DARE, so I don't know if "nibby" is also there. Â I wonder if
> this is an instance of the lax front vowel merger best known in
> "pin/pen" but also found before other consonants.
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> Herb
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> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Arnold Zwicky<zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:
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>> "Regional Dictionary Tracks the Funny Things We Say"
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>> audio will be available around noon ET.
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