Re: OFF-TOPIC: Misspoken... Sort Of

John Cowan said:
> Danny Wier scripsit:
>
>> Depending on what part of Texas you're in, you might also hear other
>> dyslalias like 'bidness' and 'extry'.
>
> I think there is a sound change /zn/ > /dn/ operating in "bidness".  My
> wife, who's from North Carolina, consistently says [idn=It] for "isn't
> it".

I say "idn't", "wudn't" and "dudn't", but not "bidness". (In allegro, it's
"biness", otherwise "bizness".)


-- Mark (from NE Oklahoma, dialectologically speaking)