Re: CHAT YAEPT :Re: Phonological musings (was: Announcement: New auxlang "Choton")

Ben Poplawski wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 06:24:52 +0100, Stephen Mulraney
> <ataltanie@...> wrote:
>
>
>>Roger Mills wrote:
>>
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>>>Mark J. Reed wrote:
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>>>As for Upper Class speech (and I don't mean just Wealthy), I doubt this
>>>country ever had anything as pervasive as England's; each of the old major
>>>cities -- Boston, NYC, Phila, Charleston, New Orleans to name the best
>>Exqueeze me, but where's this Charleston Of Which You Speak? WV or SC? Or
>>somewhere else?

> Considering he's referencing other colonial cities it's most likely the
> Charleston in South Carolina.
> I don't think the Charleston of West Virginia is that old in comparison.
That was the point of my question, in fact. I was intruiged
by the mention of a "Charleston" along with the other old
major US cities that I *do* know of, did a google for it,
found two by the name, in WV & SC, and enquired which one was.

Further googling shows that Charleston SC has a population of
< 100k, so it's not surprising I hadn't heard if it. Well,
it's a pity I didn't know about it's history.

> It might have been around by that fight at Fort Sumter. ;)
I see (or rather, I didn't, but google came to the rescue again).

s.
--
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