[Ads-l] FW: "I say...Lusitani-ay"

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

I meant to share this with the list.


From: Gordon, Matthew J. <GordonMJ at missouri.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 6:51 PM
To: James Landau <jjjrlandau at netscape.com>
Subject: Re: "I say...Lusitani-ay"
That pronunciation of America with final /i/ or /ɪ/ was common enough to be cited by Kenyon in American Pronunciation and noted as part of a class of words that includes cholera, sofa, Martha, etc. and is also seen in sodie-pop and Opry, Grand Ole. Kenyon mistakenly asserts it as the source (via hypercorrection) of the variation in the final vowel of Missouri.

Matt Gordon

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Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 6:08 PM
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Subject: Re: "I say...Lusitani-ay"
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Something I am curious about:
There is a song with the words       Home boys home that's where I want to be       Home boys home back in God's country       The ash and the oak and the weeping willow tree        And the grass grows green back in North Ameri--kee
I don't know much about this song, and I can't offhand thank of any other uses of "Ameri--kee".  A nonce usage?

James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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