Re: USAGE: Thorn vs Eth

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 07:32:30 -0400 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Some Long Islanders /lONgaIl@ndr=z/ talk that way too, whereas
> others
> insert /g/ after only intervocalic /N/, and others use General
> American conventions.
> --
> John Cowan                                jcowan@reutershealth.com
-

And that's why people from Brooklyn and Queens can describe their
somewhat confusing geographical status by saying that they're from [the
geographical entity surrounded by water] /lONaIl@nd/ but not from [the
socio-cultural 'zone'] /lONgail@nd/.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "these boots were made for walking."