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Re: USAGE: pronouncing "l", "needs washed"

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, December 9, 1999, 3:35
On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:36:32 -0500 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
> 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/.
. Well, i say /wOk/ for "walk" and /wak/ for "wok"...although "calm" is /kam/, so {al} isn't always /O/. -Stephen (Steg) "Eze-guvdhab wa'hrikh-a tze, / "zhoutzii wa'esh," i eze-mwe."
> > 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. > > -- > "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - > anonymous > http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files > http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html > ICQ: 18656696 > AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor
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