That's the very page that got me started in the first pageAdjective Recoil wrote:I found this descendant of General American. Maybe it will give you a few ideas?
Thanks for the comments, everyone, BTW; that's exactly the kind of underreported detail I need. I knew about pre-tonic syllable loss from spellings such as 'Murrican', but had no idea it was so widespread. (I'm lucky in that I included anyway, I figured it was likely to catch on).