Re: Claims [was: Re: Drifting phonemes [was: Re: The AmE 'o' sound]]

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:32:53 GMT

Bob Cunningham wrote:

> > How would I know where Cunningham lives, or that he inhabits a motley
> > neighborhood?
>
> Translation: It's okay for Daniels to spout nonsense so
> long as he can demonstrate that he didn't know what he was
> talking about.

He came back 10 hours later just to add that! 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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