Southern stress shift

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/18/2013 07:17 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I can't say I've ever heard of SEPtember.
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>JL

In nursery rhyme or song?  And similarly for other months .
(Something is [very] faint in my subconscious.)

Joel


>On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:41 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > HS:  <<<Southern Stress Shift, Indianapolis care dealer, "September">>>
> > Outside the Southern American English map, but may have migrated. Being
> > "care"-ful to distinguish September from the other -ember months? (Why is
> > July end-stressed? Maximally distinguished from Ju-ne?) Influenced by
> > initial stress on days of the week? Cf. 2013 [twuh.knee THIRteen], emphasis
> > on distinguishing syllable. Or it's all just CHAOS, A-A-A-A-A-AH!
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