velarized /l/ and Billy Holiday

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 6, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

> ... By the way, the general rule is operative--the second different
> poster (not Ron) gets the correction, so:  Billie Holiday, not Billy.

ack!  captured by context!

arnold, who really does know better

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