Re: USAGE: pronouncing "l", "needs washed"
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 8, 1999, 3:36 |
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Ed Heil wrote:
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> My wife (an eastern Iowan by birth) pronounces the "l" in "walk" and
> "talk." Sounds really weird to me.
Hmm, so if you leave out the "l" in "walk", does that mean it's a
perfect homophone for "wok" for you? To me, they're *near* homophones,
because I say /wAlk/ and /wAk/.
> But the thing I don't get is that a few years ago, I first heard the
> construction, "that shirt needs washed" from my wife.
That IS bizarre. I don't think I've every heard a construction like
that.
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