[BRLTTY] Contraction error: wiseacre
Lee Maschmeyer
lee_maschmeyer at wayne.edu
Tue Aug 8 14:46:39 EDT 2006
Well I didn't _plan_ this ...
Wiseacre should not use the e-a sign. Note that one of the examples below is
from a manual for transcribers and gives the syllabification.
(! political wiseacres :o 7 predict+ a
wise-a-cre wiseacre
(! wiseacre :o fancies t he m/
--
Lee Maschmeyer
<lee_maschmeyer at wayne.edu>
"Be kind to your fur-bearing friends,
For a skunk may be somebody's brother."
--Fred Allen
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