Underground Railway Flashcards
understanding quick reduced speech
Is the slave who is delayed a) the father of Liza or b) a man named Paul
a) Liza calls him “ Pa” which is another word for father
” should a been here” means
a) should have been here
b) should have a bean here
The reduction
a) should have been here
The phrase ‘ He’s three hours late already “ is hard to hear because of two pieces of linking. What are they.
a) three hours is said , “threeyowwers” . Invisible consonant linking
b) latalready
The phrase, “ late already” is also hard to hear because the BOMba pattern destresses the first syllable of what word
” already” - baBOMba
The word “ ain’t “ means what?
‘ain’t’ means “ isn’t.
It is usually regarded as poor grammar used by uneducated people
What does the term “ slave-catchers “ mean
people who hunt down escaped slaves
what consonant is not pronounced in the word “ slave-catchers’
“t” is not pronounced in this word. Often a “ t” will be necessary to spell words containing a “ ch” in the middle
Was the Underground Railway, a train that took slaves to freedom
No. It was a network of people who worked to help escaped slaves reach areas where slavery was illegal
How many American Slaves came to Canada secretly between 1840 and 1860
30,000 slaves
Did the slaves come to a united Canada between 1840 and 1860
No. Canada was not a country until after Confederation in 1867
What is the linking in “ You made it past the Border”
” madeit”
