postvocalic /l/

[ronbutters at AOL.COM]

He reads it all. But nothing registers that contradicts the fantasy that underlies his obsession: Guns don't kill people, phonemic mergers kill people. The only reason for not ignoring him completely is that there are naïve people who pass through ADS-L who might find his dementia plausible.
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From: "Tom Zurinskas" <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>

> To me the trend of awe-dropping is a disturbing trend.  There are folks
> who are dropping the "awe" phoneme out of existance in their personal
> lect, and it's caught on to whole regions.
>
> Question.  Is it an improvemnent of English.  Even if it's just a
> whimsical change, is it for the better?

Um, I hate to tell you this, Tom, but it's been around for rather some time,
and is deeply rooted in the systemic phonetics of a variety of Englishes.

As has been pointed out several times on this thread.

It sometimes helps to read what has gone before.

You should try it some time.

Robin

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