Date:  Sat, 11 May 1996 19:53:33 EST

From:  simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU

Subject: intrusive or unintrusive /l/



I have to admit I watched the Seinfeld show at 10:30 last night. Most of

the episode takes place in the health club an ADS-L member mentioned

last month, during the discussion re Dole and 3rd person self referencing.



Last night, Jerry and Kramer think that the man they see at the club

is Salman Rushdie. Later, Kramer tells Jerry it is Rushdie. He's sure

because when he asked the man his name, the man said he was "Sal Bass",

n

and that he's a writer. Kramer says Rushdie's substituting [baes] for

[saem[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n] ([AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] = schwa), which is clever because he's kept it as a fish.





beth