"earl" for "oil"

[Bruce Hunter]

Another one for your consideration...

Thoity poiple boids,
Sittin' on a coib,
A choipin' and a boipin',
 From eatin' doity woims.

Thanks for allowing me to monitor. I really enjoy, and learn from, the
various discussions.

V/R,

Bruce Hunter

On 4/25/2012 6:15 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> A top Iowa-born CNN anchor revealed today that she believes Texans say
> "earl" for "oil."
>
> Her assumption was met with appropriate ridicule.
>
> What, they don't make kids memorize poetry anymore?
>
> "Prince, when you call on a Brooklyn goil,
> Say 'oil' for 'earl' and 'earl' for 'oil.'"
>
> PS: In another unsolved mystery of the universe, I find no trace of these
> lines (attributed in memory to Don Marquis) online, in GB, YBQ, JSTOR,
> Bartlett's, or NewspArch.  Just who is behind the cover-up???
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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