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| From | wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart |
| Date | 2015-12-25 05:56 +0000 |
| Organization | none |
| Message-ID | <n5ilpv$12qc$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu> (permalink) |
| References | <bogus-428DB7.19532724122015@four.schnuerpel.eu> |
In article <bogus-428DB7.19532724122015@four.schnuerpel.eu>, Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> wrote: >Is there any dialect of English where "give" has "gev" as a past >tense form? No, but I'm pretty sure there are plenty of accents where <gave> /geIv/ ends up sounding like [gEv]. Unrounded front vowels either way, just a downward shift that's well-enough attested in other circumstances. >I don't think I've heard "special" as "spessshhhul" anywhere else >either. Better revoke George's poetic license then. Other than being lengthened to fit the context I don't think there's anything remarkable about this pronunciation. [spESl] is my pronunciation but ['spE,SVl] is scarcely noticeable. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | What intellectual phenomenon can be older, or more oft wollman@bimajority.org| repeated, than the story of a large research program Opinions not shared by| that impaled itself upon a false central assumption my employers. | accepted by all practitioners? - S.J. Gould, 1993
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Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> - 2015-12-24 19:53 +0000
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 12:54 -0800
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-25 11:36 +1100
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2015-12-24 22:29 -0700
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 06:41 -0800
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2015-12-25 16:50 -0800
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 19:03 -0800
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2016-01-04 10:51 +0000
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:24 -0800
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2015-12-25 05:56 +0000
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2015-12-24 22:43 -0800
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> - 2015-12-25 11:38 +0000
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-25 14:16 +0000
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2015-12-28 10:30 +0100
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2015-12-28 10:19 +0100
Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2015-12-25 14:02 +0000
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