Date:    Wed, 13 May 1998 10:14:56 -0500
<br>From:    Mark Mandel <Mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DRAGONSYS.COM>
<br>Subject: hearn
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<br>>>>> David Sutcliffe <david.sutcliffe[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TRAD.UPF.ES> >>>>
<br>Any comments on _hearn_ past participle of "hear", as in (presumably rural or old-fashioned) "I ain't hearn tell of that".
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<br>I have seed  ;-)\  this PP in dialog, and now in discussion here on ADS-L, but in neither context have I found a clue as to
<br>whether the vowel is as in "hear" ([i] + rhotic schwa-glide) or "heard" (vocalic r).  Which is it?
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<br>-- Mark
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