Date:    Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:59:21 -0500
<br>From:    Mark Mandel  Mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DRAGONSYS.COM 
<br>Subject: GREASY/GREAZY
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<br>Beverly Flanigan  flanigan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU   writes
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<br>One would also 'greaze' the car, but with 'grease'--a distinction no So/SoMid
<br> speaker disputes, am I right?
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<br>I didn't know of this (my ignorance!), but it pleases me, as I see it as fitting
<br> the pattern of voicing a final fricative in a
<br>denominal verb. Cf.
<br>        a house   to house
<br>        breath    to breathe
<br>        glass     glaze
<br>     grass     graze
<br>etc.
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