Date:  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:29:36 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Ornery Kathleen



>My eight-year-old girl pronounces her friend Ashley's name as ASH-uh-lee.

>What's happening with these epenthetic schwas?

>

My two-year-old daughter inserts a schwa to avoid naking /g/ or /k/

contiguous with a following /d/. She gets excited everytime we pass a

[m[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gxdanxlz] ([AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] = ash, x = schwa). Her happy meal yesterday had a toy she

calls [ranxld + m[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gxdanxld]. But then she likes to eat macajoonie and

cheeze and begs to use her teethbruss.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu