'Texes' as plural of 'text (message)'

[Michael Newman]

I hear tha occasionally with aae speakers and Latinos. I think I have only one or two cases in my corpus, which includes only one "testes," as in that old song about hitler. (sorry couldn't resist, and if you don't get it google "himmler had something similar")

Seriously, it's well documented but I don't remember where exactly

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On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:44, Damien Hall <D.Hall at KENT.AC.UK> wrote:

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> Darla asked:
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> 'Is that like the way one hears "breastes" in place of "breasts"?'
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> I've never heard that myself, but, if 'breastes' sounds like 'bresses', then yes, that's the same phenomenon.  Is 'bresses' for 'breasts' common - and with whom?  Any other examples?
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