Date:  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 13:36:42 EDT

From:  BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEWOUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: mrs/miz'/gazz



From:  NAME: David Bergdahl

    FUNC: English

    TEL: (614) 593-2783          <BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]A1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAX>

To:   MX%"ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu"[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAX[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MRGATE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAX



On CHALK-lit: I'm a Long Islander (b. 1940) and that's my pronunciation (a

diphthong, actually, beginning [U] and gliding down to AW which is low back r);

for me CHOCK-lit is as unthinkable as Chalk-Full-o'Nuts CAW-fee would be! :-)



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