THEORY: Charles [WAS: THEORY: Connolly: Interpreting ergative sentences]

>Steg Belsky scripsit:
>> In 8th grade my english teacher attempted to convince me that the name
>> "Charles" has only one syllable.  She said that pronouncing it [tSarl=z]
>> with a syllabic L was "incorrect" and meant that i have an "accent", i
>> don't remember whether she said Brooklyn or New York.  But don't all
>> Americans say it that way, anyway?
>Not I.
>John
Me neither.

Jim