Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 12:46:59 -0800

From: THOMAS CLARK tlc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEVADA.EDU

Subject: Re: new (?) s/sh variation in English before /tr/



While reading the posting, something was tickling the back of my mind.

When mention was made of "doing Christian Slater," it suddenly came to me.

I was watching Stalag 17 for the umpteenth time the other night. One

character does an imitation of James Cagney. His imitation, like all

imitators of Cagney, consisted of hunching his shoulders and snarling

out the side of his mouth, "Now watch it S(h)ee, eSHpeSHally you guys in

the back, SHee. And liSHen up now, SHee." So the SH for /s/ seems to

have been around for awhile.

Cheers,

tlc