Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 19:16:04 EDT

From: Zman890[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]aol.com

Subject: the American epenthetic "r"



Dear fellow linguists,



I am desperately searching for information about the epenthetic

"r" found in words like "warsh" (wash) and Warshington (Washington).

I know that this phenomena is only found in certain American dialects

(perhaps in Northern California, Oregon, and Idaho), however that is

as much as I have been able to find. I would really appreciate any

anecdotal, as well as quantitative information concerning this

linguistic variation.



Thank you in advance,



Jennifer van Vorst

Portland State







Barbara Nelson

E-Mail bdn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]softbrew.com