World Series

Wilson Gray wilson.gray at RCN.COM
Tue Oct 26 20:32:30 UTC 2004


I've just heard a St. Louis grade-schooler discussing on local TV the
World [siri at s]. I've been familiar with this as an eye-dialect
pronunciation - spelled "serious" - since forever. But, because,
heretofore, I'd never heard "series" pronounced as "serious," I've
always considered it to be a joke. Well, now I know that it's not.

-Wilson Gray



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