Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:41:37 -0500

From: "Kathleen M. O'Neill" koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU

Subject: Re: /z/ + /n/ = /d/ + /n/



What about "idn't" for "isn't"?

I hear that one somewhat frequently.



Kate





"Bidniss" for "business" strikes me as distinctly Southern, but I just

heard (and noticed) a student tell other students, "There wadn't nothing

you could do about it." Is "wadn't" current elsewhere? Surely, it must

be. What other examples of /z/ to /d/ before a nasal are there? Are they

regional or general?







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu