postvocalic /l/

[Wilson Gray]

Robin wrote,

"... think about how long is a piece of string."

Clearly, he meant to write, "... think about how long a piece of string is."

As a Dutch friend once asked me, "Don't you know your own language?!"

-Wilson

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Robin Hamilton
<robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>> I think you've been on the list long enough as well.
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>        Well, well, that really puts me in my place then, *that does.
>
>        Deeply crushed, and off to think about how long is a piece of
> string.
>
>> Tom Zurinskas=2C USA - CT20=2C TN3=2C NJ33=2C FL7+=20
>> see truespel.com phonetic spelling
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>        I'd rather not.  See truespel, that is.
>
>        I have enough troubles on my mind already.
>
> Robin
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