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

Paul Bennett scripsit:

> FWIW, IME, /zn/ > /dn/ only occurs in AAVE in North Carolina, not in
> General North Caronlinian. I think. I'll have to listen more carefully.
Well, my wife doesn't speak AAVE, and although she grew up in NC, hasn't
lived there for over forty years (spent first in the Miami area and then
the New York area).  So the trait may be old-fashioned.

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