End of ADS-L Digest - 17 Mar 1994 to 18 Mar 1994

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There are 11 messages totalling 241 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. New Genitive Pronoun?

 2. COOL /u/ or /y/ (2)

 3. journalist seeks help (2)

 4. Conscious Learning of Accent

 5. Southern Palatal Glide in /aesh/ (4)

 6. Re-sending Bounced Message on /aey/



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Date:  Sat, 19 Mar 1994 00:48:09 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: New Genitive Pronoun?



Re Michael Montgomery's comment on "new" items. Remember that Walter Avis

reported upland South Carolinians claiming tht 'tow sack' was a new term

that was competing with 'croker sack'. Yes, we must be watchful that we

don't confuse "first time I heered it" with "it's brand-spankin new."

I've gotten genitive 'thats' on student essays at least once, maybe twice

in a third of a century. I've heard it too, rarely. But more and more I

hear structures like "He was telling his parents about the party, which he

likes to tease them that way. They're suspicious that he boozes."

       I can't recall the sentence with the all-purpose 'which'

conjunction I heard just yesterday, a beaut, which I wouldn't know what to

call it, but I recognize it when I hear it but don't think I'd ever write

it.                 DMLance