Magnolia Mouth, Zero Plurals, and Cluster Simplification (minicast) - 22 July 2009

An Alabama high-school teacher observes that one of his fellow teachers tends to write words that should be plural as singular, such as 'I graded all 50 test' instead of 'I graded all 50 tests.' The reason for this locution has to do with some interesting features of Southern English.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:<br/><br/>Email: words@waywordradio.org<br/><br/>Phone: <br/>United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673<br/>London +44 20 7193 2113<br/>Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771<br/><br/>Site: http://waywordradio.org.<br/>Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/<br/>Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/<br/>Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/<br/>Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/<br/>Skype: skype://waywordradio <br/><br/>Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?i=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?i=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?i=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=y98zWwpoO74:da4XS5TRNKk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=63t