Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 08:34:41 EST

From: Dfcoye Dfcoye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Re: Almost about dialect



Here in NJ there are some female squeeking students, but by no means anywhere

near a majority. More noticeable is a female tendency to raise the vowel /ei/

as in fate so it's getting quite close to /i/ as in feet. Is this just NJ or

are others hearing this too?



Dale Coye

The College of NJ