Friday, December 19, 2003

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Will Stevens wrote:
Certainly, there are lots of jokes relating to the intrusive L e.g. the
Bristolians who had three daughters: Idal, Eval, and Normal.

AND of course Bristowe is the old name of the town

Bristol: "The 'Bristol l' is a feature which occurs only in the immediate area of Bristol, and concerns the addition of /l/ words ending in /?/. Thus, Eva and evil will be homophones. The Bristol l is not very common and is stigmatised."

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