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Magnolia Mouth, Zero Plurals, and Cluster Simplification (minicast) - 22 July 2009
FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Magnolia Mouth, Zero Plurals, and Cluster Simplification (minicast) - 22 July 2009
FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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8 minutes
Released:
Jul 22, 2009
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Podcast episode
Description
An Alabama high-school teacher observes that one of his fellow teachers tends to write words that should be plural as singular, such as 'I graded all 50 test' instead of 'I graded all 50 tests.' The reason for this locution has to do with some interesting features of Southern English.--Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org.Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.
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Jul 22, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode
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