I presented my notion and reviewed a few examples here in 2005: http://tinyurl.com/oymgto6 or http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0503D&L=ADS-L&P=R10646&1=ADS-L&9=A&I=-3&J=on&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches&z=4 -- Doug Wilson ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org