Didn't as [dIdInt]
W Brewer
brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 25 02:40:09 UTC 2014
NW's Dad: <<I can't say Tifton [GA] in the Milt'n fashion, only the Mil-ton
way>>
WB: <often> [OFF-fin], with pedantic [t] restoration in [OFF-tin].
<soften> [SOFF-fin], anybody say *[SOFT-tin]? <Johnston> homophonous
with <Johnson> for WB. Lexical frequency & idio-phonological predilection
(personal style, as Crystal styles it) largely determines usage.
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