Re: Focus on closed-class words : female bureaucrat-speak

Brian M. Scott wrote:
>
> On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 22:22:31 GMT, Ron Hardin
> <rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> <news:42F29525.609E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:
>
> [...]
>
> > Eileen Collins today in the space shuttle
> > http://rhhardin.home.mindspring.com/bureaucrat.ram (30 sec)
>
> > ``Well right now I'm not concerned about it but we _are_ waiting to hear
> > the final answer from the engineers''
>
> Perfectly normal: the stress takes the place of the omitted
> 'nevertheless'.
>
> [...]

You can hear it that way too, I admit. It wasn't my first impression.

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Ron Hardin
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