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

>