Date:  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:33:48 -0500

From:  Ronald Butters <amspeech[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ACPUB.DUKE.EDU>

Subject: Re: English Dialect Information Exchange



On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, Charlotte Thomas wrote:



> If we did take it upon

> ourselves to say who could and who could not subscibe to the list

> according to the language/dialect they speak, we may be denying that

> person the opportunity to learn and contribute, and denying others

> the opportunty to learn from them.



Is it Sheffield dialect to write "If we did . . . we may be denying . . ."

rather than "If we did . . . we might be denying . . ."? Or is this example

just a typo?



> "Why does anyone believe he ought to speak better than he

> can, and so in the end speak far worse than he might?"

> (P.Wright, 1974)



Anyway, thanks for the invitation--and for the inclusive nature of the

proposed discussion group! >