Terlet

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/22/2010 09:45 AM, Paul Johnston wrote:
>Used to be New York City/Brooklyn/Hudson County, NJ as a
>hypercorrection, reflecting the verse/voice (or bird/Boyd) merger.  I
>have heard it, but only from really old speakers.

What would an a-rhotic Brooklynite say?

Joel


>Paul Johnston
>On Mar 21, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Sam Clements wrote:
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>> From what dialect/region would one find the word "terlet" to mean =
>>"toilet?"
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>>Sam Clements
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