"No pork on my fork"

[Mullins, Bill]

> During the Korean-War era, a friend of mine was stationed at
> Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville. According to him, GI's
> referred to the locals as "doo-wahs," because of a feature of
> the local dialect. Instead of saying, "huh? or "what?" or
> even "say what?", the locals said, "_Do_ what?"
>
> Thanks to Jerry Springer, I can testify that "do what?" is
> still used in this way, though, unfortunately, I can't say
> where, since the "guests" don't always mention their home
> states or hometowns. To my ear, "do what?" has the same
> intonation pattern as "say what?"
>
> -Wilson Gray

I still say "do what?" in the context you mention (reared in Middle
Tennessee).

And that would have been the KO-re-un war . . . (strong emphasis onthe