The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/16/2014 01:34 PM, W Brewer wrote:

>JB:  <<"Bill-rick-a" and "Nash-ooh-a", pronounced like A as in NEIGHBOR and
>WEIGH>>
>WB:  Something to do with the <i> before <e> rule?

Nothing, really.  I just couldn't resist quoting when comparing the 
"a" in "Bill-rick-a" to "weigh".

Joel

>PJ:  <<Algonquian moroherme /@we/: Piscataway, Rockaway, Rahway,
>"Chicagouais">>
>WB:  <<Away down south in Dixie, away, away (morohermic triplication).
><<Down south of the border, down Mexico way. [Down Mexico, eh?]>>
>((actually 1939 song by Kennedy (Irish songwriter) & Cohen (British
>composer) for Gene Autry (American cowboy).))
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