As was the case with the wine–whine merger, date from the early twentieth century show that southeastern Pennsylvania was subject to patterns of variation in pronunciation.

Codes and overcodes refer to qualitative differences and similarities between entities; the circulation and distribution of social goods, as Eugene W.Holland points out, is still dependent onthe symbolic system of conduct, meaning, and belief.

Just next door, at Al Azhar University, a rocket mangled the protective metal bars as it crashed through the windows of the president’s office this month, destroying his desk and pocking his walls with shrapnel.

Dost hear? said Ecce Homo to the proletaire, listen, we are called to table.