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Re: USAGE: Language revival

From:Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 1, 1999, 2:26
Nik Taylor wrote:

> FFlores wrote: > > > Incidentally, I read that "forehead" was once pronounced something like > > > /forId/, with the h being re-introduced. > > > > That's how I was taught also! It seemed very strange to me at first, > > until I got accustomed. Now you tell me it's wrong again? :) > > I say /forhId/ or /forhEd/ (/I/ and /E/ tend to alternate in some words > like "head" and "bed" in my idiolect). I thought that's how most people > said it?
You obviously don't watch enough of the stuffy old Masterpiece Theatre reruns on PBS. :) ====================================== Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." ======================================