Re: USAGE: pronouncing "l", "needs washed"
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 9, 1999, 0:54 |
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And Rosta wrote:
> (b) /wAlk/, /tAlk/ - totally new to me & I can't imagine
> how/where/when they could have originated.
From the collapse of /O/ and /A/ in many American dialects.
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