Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 11:44:49 -0500

From: "Dennis R. Preston" preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU

Subject: Re: supervisor/coupon



Just so! See, I knew there were more good-talkers out there.



(On a little reflection after my last hasty post, I do appear to have an

unglided trisyllabic form, but it is weird - [mr+kr+ri], where the second

/r/ serves both as the vocalic segment of the middle syllable and the onset

to the final. It wasn't until I said it out loud that I realized I had it.

I guess it fits those indeterminate social situations which fall between

those which clearly demand the trisyllabic glided and those which select my

more euphonius bisyllabic form (which Allen reports at least having

heard).)



Dennis Preston



I've heard it pronounced "murkry".



Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Bethany Dumas, UTK wrote:



HOw else would one say "mercury" but with the glide?



Curious and learning,

Bethany

dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utkvx.utk.edu