Line cut?

[Laurence Horn]

Ron Butters writes:
>If you still have the foto of the cat with the lion cut, I'd love to see it.
>
>The difference between LION and LINE as pronounced in the South Midlands is
>very hard for ousiders to hear.
>
>In a message dated 2/26/03 1:41:50 PM, dcamp911 at JUNO.COM writes:
>
>
>>  I pass this on in the spirit of recent posts on Southern speech. It came
>>  to me with a photo. If anyone would like to see the photo, contact me off
>  > list. (Cat lovers need not apply)
>  >
It's at http://infinitemonkey.org/funny/cats/linecut.html

I suspect an urban legend, but one never knows.

L