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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of John Cowan
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: Ice tea and Robin Hood
>
>
> Paul Bennett scripsit:
>
> > This seems like some kind of
> > weak evidence that GA and RP have different rates of compund-formation
> > from "Adj/Noun" (or "(Noun->Adj)/Noun"?) pairs[*].
>
> Indeed. A third data point is "skim milk", which is now standard American
> (the container is so labeled), whereas "skimmed milk" remains standard
> elsewhere.
>
> > (rural North Carolingian) /'a:skr\im/ compares to the UK /'Ajs
> 'kri:m/ in
> > much the same way as in the Robin Hood example. Hmm. There might be a
> > thesis in there somewhere, for a suitably determined student.
> >
> > [*] please excuse my making up terminological devices on the spot. I
> > never were too good with that there book-larnin'
>
> Terminological buccaneering, as Northrop Frye said, is a necessity
> nowadays. I do like "Carolingian" in this context.
>
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