Date:    Sat, 16 May 1998 16:24:31 -0400
<br>From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: hearn
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<br>I've had a chance to check out Mark's query now, and consensus seems to be
<br>that it's the former pronunciation that's used by older AppEng speakers
<br>([i] plus schwar)--in both 'hearn' (very rare now) and 'heard' (in both
<br>past and p.p. forms, I believe).  And 'seed' is indeed used too.
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<br>At , you wrote:
<br>>At 10:14 AM 5/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
<br>>>>>>> David Sutcliffe <david.sutcliffe[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TRAD.UPF.ES> >>>>
<br>>>Any comments on _hearn_ past participle of "hear", as in (presumably
<br>rural or old-fashioned) "I ain't hearn tell of that".
<br>>>
<br>>><<<<
<br>>>
<br>>>I have seed  ;-)\  this PP in dialog, and now in discussion here on
<br>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"
<br>(vocalic r).  Which is it?
<br>>>
<br>>>-- Mark
<br>>>
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