At 02:59 PM 6/23/2006, Linda Comerford wrote:
>Interesting.  I noticed in your previous message you referred to a schwa sound
>occurring at the end of the word "thing."  Did I misunderstand, or were you
>referring to a Tennessee pronunciation creating one?

DD; Rather Southron (sic) think = theee-un-guh. The schwa almost 
unaudible. At least that is the way I hear and heard in the places I 
have been in the South. It is part of the drawl. If in doubt, schwa it out. 

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