Date:  Tue, 11 Jan 1994 10:55:43 -0500

From:  Keith Denning <denning[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EMUNIX.EMICH.EDU>

Subject: Re: retroflex r



Joe-

According to D.A.R.E., vol. I, p.xl-xli, you will find a band of curved band

about 650 miles wide of non- or lessened retroflexion of /r/ stretching from

central and southern TX upwards through NM, AZ, southwest CO, UT, NV,northeast

OR, southwest ID and most of WA, and another blanketing the Dakotas. Other

r-full areas (i.e., those other than the Eastern and Gulf coasts) are described

as having 'full retroflexion'.



Keith