Date:  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 02:00:00 LCL

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: Freeway names



> On Fri, 11 Nov 1994, M. Lynne Murphy wrote:

>

> > [South African actors] put flaps in "utah".

>

> eh? whazzis "flaps in Utah"

>

(actually, i should've said "a flap in utah")



flap = what americans do to t's between vowels (why no one here knows

what i'm talking about when i ask for a "glaess uv waddrr")





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