Date:  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 01:40:25 -0500
From:  Ron Butters <RonButters[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]

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 and [?] =