End of ADS-L Digest - 6 Jan 1997 to 7 Jan 1997
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There are 27 messages totalling 1102 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

 1. "Atlanta" (3)
 2. [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]
 3. hoopty
 4. POTY: "Show me the money!!"
 5. hoopty/hooptie
 6. Ebonics as "professional crackpotism"
 7. LJP unavailable
 8. "Atlanta" -Reply
 9. More on [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]
 10. LJP Again Available
 11. Official report: WOTY for 1996
 12. WOTY (2)
 13. Ebonics (2)
 14. POTY: "Show me the money!!"
 15. LSA on Ebonics
 16. A new term?
 17. Popular Ebonics (4)
 18. LJP
 19. Email address
 20. LJP -Reply

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Date:  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 01:03:33 -0500
From:  Ron Butters <RonButters[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: "Atlanta"

[Sorry--I sent that last message before I was done]

Bethany Dumas writes:
 >When I moved to Knoxville (1974), my
 >UT students told me that I could say
 >either /[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]lanta/ or /[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]tlana? -- I could
 >say either "t" but not both.

It seems to me that the alternatives are [aetlaen(t)uh] or
[uh?laen(t)uh]--where [uh] = schwa, [?] = glottal stop, and the second [t]
is optional in either case.