blowzy
Charles C Doyle
cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Mon Jan 21 13:10:26 UTC 2013
A reminder: In many varieties of Southern American English (including my own and, I would expect, Wilson's) "blouse" and "lousy" are pronounced with a [z]. Unlike in the [s]-speaking parts of the country(which is most of them?).
--Charlie
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Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 7:59 PM
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So, it's not "blow-zee," but rhymes wuth "lousy" or pswaydo-German
"lausi," then.
A wona thankya.
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-Wilson
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