Bre'r; mea culpa

[Bill Smith]

At 01:52 PM 8/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
>My eldest uncle was called [br@] by his siblings.  Strangely, when my
>eldest aunt read "Uncle Remus" to us, she said "[brEr] Rabbit"!
>
>>I neglected to point out that this is from western South Carolina, and white.

BTW, re the comment by dInIs, I have a cousin (also western SC) who is
r-less in "carry"; for him, it is indeed "ca'y."