End of ADS-L Digest - 23 Oct 1995 to 24 Oct 1995 ************************************************ Message 1: From owner-ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Wed Oct 25 23:13 CDT 1995 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 00:01:26 -0400 From: Automatic digest processor Subject: ADS-L Digest - 24 Oct 1995 to 25 Oct 1995 To: Recipients of ADS-L digests There are 17 messages totalling 415 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. skraw/skring (2) 2. "Valley Girl talk" (2) 3. statements spoken as if it were a question 4. upspeak (6) 5. Big Dogs (2) 6. [mIzrIz] update/big dog 7. big dog 8. ADS-L Digest - 23 Oct 1995 to 24 Oct 1995 9. Please 'unsubscribe' me ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 22:47:34 -0700 From: Dan Moonhawk Alford Subject: Re: skraw/skring My internet research showed that it has been prevalent in the English spoken in Hawaii for a long time, and has been for also a long time one of the hot topics in Accent Reduction courses in New Jersey. On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, Peter McGraw wrote: > It's more widespread even than that. I know a North Carolinian > who says "shtreet". > > Peter McGraw > Linfield College > McMinnville, OR > > > On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, Tony Vitale wrote: > > > Larry: > > This palatalization is not restricted to Long Islanders. It's very > > prevalent in the Boston area (even among non-Italians) where street -> > > shtreet. > > > > \tony > > >