At a talk given this past April, the linguist William Labov noted in passing that girls' names ending in a long e sound have become much more prevalent in the last hundred years.
At my son's college registration today, the three students leading the group of student-workers: Ashley, Ebonee, and Kristy.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
The long e
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Play fair. Keep it clean. No potshots and no derailing. Thanks.
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