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

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Sep 1 16:27:17 UTC 2022


> sodie-pop

Cry of carbonated-drink sellers at events in St. Louis: "Cold sodie here!"
Otherwise, "soduh" is the usual pronunciation.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 7:53 PM Gordon, Matthew J. <GordonMJ at missouri.edu>
wrote:

> 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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> James Landau <00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> 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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