Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 09:09:07 -0700

From: Dan Alford dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU

Subject: Re: Consonant Cluster Reduction/Busleft



how twisty!



On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, Donald M. Lance wrote:



Some time ago I had a Black student who had attended a Catholic high

school. He said the nuns would haze the Black kids by asking what

Jesus did from the tomb. They knew they were supposed to give a one-

word answer. Their consonant cluster reduction and prenasal vowel

yielded a response that merited a sound slap across the hand with a

wooden ruler. Ascend. DMLance