A nursery rhyme

[Ed Keer]

I still say [ar at g@n] (SE Penna.) and I'm gonna keep
saying it. Damn the natives.

Ed
--- "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU> wrote:
> Now that's a first for me!
>
> The classic pronunciation of those who don't hail
> from the state is
> [origa:n], and I've also heard [ar at g@n] (both in
> contrast to the native
> [orig at n]).  But this is the first I've heard of the
> variant you report
> using, which sounds like a blend of the two
> "furriner" pronunciations cited
> above.
>
> Peter Mc.
>
> --On Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:32 PM -0700 Jonathan
> Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > Exactly.  And I used to say /a/ reg /a/ n
> {Oregon) too till I was
> > ridiculed out of it.
>
>
>
>
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> Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College
> McMinnville, Oregon
> ******************* pmcgraw at linfield.edu
> ************************
>




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