Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site oddjob.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!oddjob!sra From: sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Metathesis Message-ID: <1047@oddjob.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 13:55:36 EST Article-I.D.: oddjob.1047 Posted: Mon Nov 11 13:55:36 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Nov-85 04:44:33 EST References: <747@cyb-eng.UUCP> <1900005@datacube.UUCP> Reply-To: sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson) Organization: University of Chicago, Department of Physics Lines: 11 In article <256@ptsfb.UUCP> rob@ptsfb.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) writes: >An example of metathesis that occured that is considered acceptable but >is still not reflected in the spelling is the word 'comfortable' >pronounced as 'comfterble'. What about 'Wednesday'? Someone (from Britain, natch) intimated recently that some people still pronounce the first 'd'. -- Scott Anderson ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra