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- From: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Have to
- Message-ID: <C1BAKq.FE5@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 14:50:50 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.135433.8397@pixel.kodak.com> <C164tv.5uo@ibmpcug.co.uk>
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- Reply-To: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
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- Quoting gtoal@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) in article <C164tv.5uo@ibmpcug.co.uk>:
- >In article <1993Jan20.135433.8397@pixel.kodak.com> john@liebnitz.ssd.kodak.com (John Hall) writes:
- >> I have two apples.
- >> I have to leave.
- >>
- >>Here in western New York I hear the first as "hav", but the second as
- >>"haf". Has anyone else observed this? Can you explain it?
- >
- >Everyone in the world has observed it, on almost every word. It's
- >particularly obvious on The too. It is called 'stress' and there
- >are even books about it... Try English Word Stress by Fudge for
- >an excellent intro.
-
- I think you're mistaken. Quite apart from that, you should remember
- that this group was created for the discussion of language without the
- precision and scholarship appropriate to sci.lang.
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