Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 12:47:14 +0000

From: Lynne Murphy M_Lynne_Murphy[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BAYLOR.EDU

Subject: Re: of(t)en and "is all"



Also, did anybody out there grow up pronouncing the "t" in often? I've

only ever heard it done in poetry. Is the t-lessness an Americanism, or

a regionalism?



Kendra Banks Perry



i grew up with the 't' in western new york state, and am glad to hear it

whenever i go back, but i hear it sometimes in texas, and when i polled

my south african students on it, about half claimed they used the 't',

but i never paid enough attention to tell whether they were telling the

truth.



lynne of the long sentences



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M. Lynne Murphy

Assistant Professor in Linguistics

Department of English

Baylor University

PO Box 97404

Waco, TX 76798