Re: Phonological terminology question

Fredrik wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Herearounds, you may also hear ingressive /ja/. It appears to be a
> > female thing, but I could be wrong on that.
>
>Where is "hereabouts"? I never thought about it being male/female specific
>usage, but now that you mention it, it could be that it is where my
>parents are from (Västergötland). My mother has it, but not my father, who
>was born about ten miles away from her (but then he has much less dialect
>anyway).
Linköping. When I think about it, I don't think its a local thing*, but
something I've been hearing from people drawn here by the Uni, by Saab, etc.

* Local things include realizing /r/ as [w]. That's primarily a rural thing,
tho' city people typically don't have it.

                                                     Andreas

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