Labov on vowel shifts

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 28 17:06:15 UTC 2012


LH: <<<"pita" . . . neighbors (falsely) believe was invented in New Haven>>>
As an undergraduate, I would pass by a certain restaurant in Berkeley
advertising traditional Italian sandwiches, like baloney, salami, pastrami.

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