Date:  Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:48:26 EST

From:  David Bergdahl <bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>

Subject: near rich



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  Date: 12-Nov-1995 06:44pm EST



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  From: David Bergdahl               Dept: English

     BERGDAHL                 Tel No: (614) 593-2783



Subject: near rich





Could it be that the senator's mishearing was due to a lenis glottal stop to

separate the two syllables of r-less NEAR: [ni?[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]] with ?=g.s & [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]=schwa I'm

a hundred miles upstream from Louisville but that articulation isn't totally

foreign to my ear.











Received: 12-Nov-1995 06:48pm