Re: CHAT: ConScripts

Douglas Koller wrote at 2007-08-06 11:44:23 (+0000)
 > From: R A Brown <ray@...>
 > > Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
 >
 > > > True, I was thinking of cases like /p&Ts/
 > >
 > > Do you mean /pADz/    :)
 > >
 > > ...and don't those who have /p&T/ for the singular, have /p&Dz/ for the
 > > plural?
 >
 > In this idio, I'm inclined to say /p&Ts/ and /p&Dz/ occur in free alternation.
 >
 > /pADz/ reminds me of an episode of "The Avengers" (the Tara years), where
Steed shouts, "Tap dancing!" /t&p dAnsIN/. /t&p d&nsIN/, okay, or to fulfill
the British stereotype, /tAp dAnsIN/, but /t&p dAnsiN/ (try typing that three
times fast)?
 >

/tAp dAnsIN/?  There's a British stereotype that involves dancing with tarpaulins?