End of ADS-L Digest - 13 Mar 1995 to 14 Mar 1995

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There are 5 messages totalling 88 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. AWFUL OFFAL

 2. H

 3. language and Society text

 4. language and society text

 5. expletive delineated



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Date:  Wed, 15 Mar 1995 06:50:49 EST

From:  BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: AWFUL OFFAL



From:  NAME: David Bergdahl

    FUNC: English

    TEL: (614) 593-2783          <BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]A1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAX>

To:   MX%"ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu"[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MRGATE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAX



Pip has a point here. Since the unrounding began in the N. of England and the

US several centuries ago, we have to see f, s, th as contexts retarding the

change from r to unr vowel. I too notice that though I say aw-fis for office I

usually say it ah-fis in phrases like office manager; likewise it's doggerl with

an [a] despite the rounding of dog. New--or unusual--words get added to the unr

pattern. Consider the 'broad A' in RP: one would never use it in 'plastic'

despite the conditioning environment.                   DAVID

David Bergdahl Ohio University/Athens OH    BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CaTS.OHIOU.EDU