Re: CHAT: ConScripts

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)?

Kou

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