strand = 'strain'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Could be. OTOH, a "strain" is something you feel and a "strand" is something
you can see. So, if those are the choices. . . .

JL
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > strands
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> WAG: Overcorrection by someone unconsciously wrestling with the
> "Southern Raising-Before-Nasal" rule (made that name up on the spur of
> the moment, buh chawl gnome sane)? For such a speaker, _strain_ and
> _strand_ would normally fall together as "strain."
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