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OP Bonafide and documented! Cool! Thanks, tsuwm!
So it was originally "ands" and the "ands" was a nounified conjuction that stood on its own in the phrase, so that's why we say it with the "and" accented today. When you say "coffee and donuts" the "and" drops in intonation, but in "coffee-and" the "and" rises.
Oh, and Jackie, I've always pronounced coffee "CAW-fee". Think it's a New York regional thing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted coffee-and WhitmanO'Neill 08/25/03 04:21 AM Re: coffee-and Buffalo Shrdlu 08/25/03 09:07 AM Re: coffee-and Faldage 08/25/03 10:28 AM Re: coffee-and Jackie 08/25/03 10:28 AM Re: coffee-and of troy 08/25/03 12:06 PM Re: coffee-and AnnaStrophic 08/25/03 12:16 PM Re: coffee-and of troy 08/25/03 12:21 PM Re: coffee-and of troy 08/25/03 08:25 PM Re: coffee-and maverick 08/25/03 09:25 PM Re: coffee-and of troy 08/26/03 12:42 AM Re: coffee-and Faldage 08/25/03 09:49 PM Re: coffee-and Zed 08/25/03 11:40 PM Re: coffee-and sjmaxq 08/25/03 11:51 PM Re: coffee-and maverick 08/25/03 11:51 PM Re: coffee-and WhitmanO'Neill 08/26/03 03:22 AM Re: so is it in the OED? tsuwm 08/29/03 04:47 PM Re: so is it in the OED? WhitmanO'Neill 08/30/03 12:36 PM Re: coffee-and WhitmanO'Neill 08/26/03 03:30 AM Re: coffee-and dxb 08/26/03 07:58 AM Re: coffee-and WhitmanO'Neill 08/28/03 02:50 AM Re: coffee-and Jackie 08/28/03 11:51 AM Re: coffee-and Zed 08/28/03 11:33 PM Re: coffee-and AnnaStrophic 08/29/03 05:31 AM Re: coffee-and nancyk 08/29/03 04:28 PM Re: coffee-and tsuwm 08/29/03 04:39 PM Re: coffee-and wow 08/25/03 04:24 PM
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