Jenny Agutter (was went walkabout ) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

G, I don't think that total command of the dialect is required. Of
course, I could very well be leaping to an unwarranted conclusion. You
never know. Or are you just messing with me?

It's funny that [-EntS] > [IntS] > [-ejntS].

BTW, the boojie insult that I was looking for was "_flat-talking_."
E.g.., BE-speakers who say [eintS] instead of [-intS] are "_talking
flat_"

-Wilson


On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard<gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Â That movie is - if y'all will pahdn ma Fraynch - a muthafukka!
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> And how does this French term describe something favorable?
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> Gerald Cohen
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