A nursery rhyme

[Wilson Gray]

On Jul 20, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Bethany K. Dumas wrote:

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> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Barbara Need wrote:
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>>> There was a little girl
>>> And she had a little curl
>>> Right in the middle of her forehead.
>>> When she was good, she was very, very good.
>>> But when she was bad, she was horehead?/hoarhead?/whorehead? ...?
>>>
>>> -Wilson Gray
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>> Except that forehead "should" be (used to be) pronounced something
>> like forid (and therefore rhymed with horrid).
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> <Should be?> No - IS. I have always pronounced forehead to rhyme
> w/horrid. (se TX, AR, MO, LA, London, TX, TN)
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> Bethany

Testify!

-Wilson Gray