Date:  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:28:02 -0500

From:  Donald Larmouth <LARMOUTD[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GBMS01.UWGB.EDU>

Subject: Re: [fle:g]



I checked my notes on the most recent assignment and found no instances of [ae]

raising in <and> or <stands> in the Pledge of Allegiance, and I don't recall

seeing transcriptions like *[stenz] or *[stEnz] instead of [staenz] or

[staendz] in the past. I'll have another shot at this early in the spring

semester.



DWL



P.S.: In giving this assignment, I'm always careful to offer an alternative if

someone is uncomfortable with the Pledge of Allegiance for religious or other

reasons. It's not useful for foreign students either, since it won't be part of

their memorized repertoire. I've tried the US national anthem too, but found

that too many students didn't know the words. (They also don't know "The

Village Blacksmith" and other stuff that I had to memorize when I was in

school, back in the Cretaceous.)