Re: CHAT Re: Souvlaki (was most looked-up words)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 20:29 |
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Elyse M. Grasso scripsit:
> "Grinders" were also the normal usage in Connecticut (rhotic), at least
> through 1980.
What part of it?
The old boundary between non-rhotic east and rhotic west in New England
used to be the Connecticut River, but it's been moving sporadically
eastward for half a century. Some lexemes like "grinders" may have
gotten left behind, or even spread westward.
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