Rhymes (was forehead)

[Benjamin Lukoff]

Well there we go!

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> "Keer" was the eye-dialect for "care" in the old Li'l Abner comic
> strip, set in "Dogpatch," _Kentucky_.
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> -Wilson
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> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff at alvord.com> wrote:
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> >  I just realized today that, in the Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown," Don
> >  rhymes "tear" and "sincere" with "care." Not in my idiolect, but standard
> >  around Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, perhaps?
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