Re: USAGE: intrusive "r" [was Re: (Offlist) Re: ASCII IPA]
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 22, 2002, 12:06 |
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Thomas R. Wier scripsit:
> (The only difference is, _cuss_ was not looked down on as
> the speech of ignorant people; it's just what people used.)
There has been a lexical split here and in a small number of other
words. (In religious contexts I bet that even in Texas "curse"
prevails.) The other cases I know about are the pronunciation
"ass" for "arse", the informal word "passel" (a large quantity)
< "parcel", and most surprisingly to me "sass" (speak disrespectfully)
< "sauce".
In LotR, Sam mentally characterizes Faramir's treatment of Frodo as
"sauce", and responds protectively; when reading the book aloud, I
found myself saying "sass" here automatically.
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