Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 22:33:59 -0700

From: Rudy Troike RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU

Subject: Choice vs chances



What is curious, and interesting because of that, is that there

seems to be no REGIONAL pattern to the choice/chances difference.

From South Texas, I use choice , while a colleague from N. Alabama

reports chances . I have certainly heard, and possibly used, the "cherse"

pronunciation, though I haven't the remotest idea how I came by it. My

Alabama colleague had not heard it. It does seem to imply a parody of

"Brooklynese", which was part of folk-awareness even down along the Rio Grande.

Rudy

--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)