Re: THEORY: Storage Vs. Computation

At 10:56 AM 6/15/99 -0400, you wrote:

>Sound-change does seem to happen in a bursty fashion.  There's
>one going on now in the U.S. --- the "Inner Cities Drag-Chain
>Vowel Shift".
I've definitely been away from NY too long.  :)  Would you care to talk a
little about what this is?

>...we also have "dove",
Still present here as a "fossilized" form.  Very country.

>..."shat",...
We have this one too, though it's rare.  I heard it in Dublin recently,
though, which surprised me a little. Possibly a back-formation...?

>... and (according
>to And) "twug" = "realized, comprehended".
I would have thought "to twig" was a very UKish construction.  Are two of
the Great Englishes drawing sneakily closer together, then?  ;)


Best! -- Diane



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