Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> And for Claudette Colbert the "bare" pronunciation was no pswaydo affectation

I agree. I meant that, IMO, the Frenchette (cf. _butterette_
"margarine [,ma:dZ@'rI:n]"; _leatherette_) pronunciation as used among
the *colored* is pswaydo, not that its use by Americans is pswaydo in
general.

BTW, I'm glad to that my memory that Claudette had no particular
accent, French or other, is supported!

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-Wilson
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