Date:  Wed, 3 May 1995 13:19:55 EDT

From:  Vicki Rosenzweig <murphy!acmcr!vr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UUNET.UU.NET>

Subject: Re: Business/[bIdnIs]



Well said, indeed.



The question that strikes me as interesting is which dialects

distinguish between two pronunciations, one as in "mind your

own business" and one as in "she owns her own business." How

those of us who pronounce both meanings in the same way seems

less important.



Vicki Rosenzweig

vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com

New York, NY