'Ant' or 'Ahnt'? Capitalizing Cocktail Names. Archie Bunker.
881. What's up with the fancy-schmancy "ahnt" pronunciation of the word "aunt"? And why are the rules about capitalizing cocktail names so wonky? We have all the answers today!
Transcript: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/ant-or-ahnt-capitalizing-cocktail-names-archie-bunker
References for the "ahnt" segment by Valerie Fridland:
Phillips, Betty. (1989). The Diffusion of a Borrowed Sound Change. Journal of English Linguistics, 22(2), 197–204.
Freeborn, Dennis. (1992). From old English to standard English : a course book in language variation across time. University of Ottawa Press…
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