Date:  Sat, 8 Apr 1995 09:34:00 EDT

From:  "Dennis.Preston" <22709MGR[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Southern Shuft



Wayne Glowka's more detailed (rather than rough rhyming word) pronunciations

are not unique to Georgia. They show exactly the raising and lowering common

to the Southern Shift everywhere. Sorry if I overstated by using the more

simplified rough rhyming versions.

When, for example, Wayne notes that a word like BID goes to [bi[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]d] (where [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] =

schwa), the additional schwa does not indicate lowering. It is the vowel onset

which is higher. Similar reasoning applies in each case.

Dennis Preston

<22709mgr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msu.edu>

changing to

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