Date:  Tue, 13 Dec 1994 09:51:20 -0600

From:  "Timothy C. Frazer" <mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Da Bears



On Tue, 13 Dec 1994, Katherine Catmull wrote:



>

> I may be misunderstanding what you're saying here, but there are parts of

> Chicago where "the" (or "dah") takes a much flatter sound than you'd get

> in, say, Duh Bronx. I think the Saturday Night Live people got it right,

> and "dah" would be the best spelling.

>

> Kate Catmull      kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com

>

That;s an interesting bit of news. I haven't lived in Chicago much so

didn't get to hear it. Thanks.



By "flatter" sound did you mean like with the tongue raised and tensed,

like toward barred [I]? I would describe the low central [a] as "open"

rather than flat.



Tim