Date:  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 19:42:56 -0500

From:  Benjamin Barrett <Gogaku[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GNN.COM>

Subject: Re: Gutters



>Date:     Tue, 19 Dec 1995 17:34:50 EST

>From: Terry Lynn Irons <t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU>

>

>"Gutters" is one of the regional words discussed by Kurath in

>Chapter III of his Word Geography. In looking at this item in

>LANCS records, I keep coming across a variant with a transcription

>something like the following (No detail on vowel in second word):

>

>    [ li^id, traft]

>

>Even though the most common response is gutters, this variant shows

>up often. My question is, is this a variation on the pronunciation of

>"eave trough" or is it some lexical variant? (Clear instances of

>eaves trough do occur.)  The closest lexical item I can think of

>is "leave."



If "leave" comes to mind for you, "leaf trough" shouldn't be too far off.

yoroshiku

Benjamin Barrett