"No pork on my fork"

[Wilson Gray]

On Jun 20, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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> Poster:       "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: "No pork on my fork"
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> What! Long-o and open-o are not preserved before /r/ in Alabama! I
> don't eat no barbecue made by no vowel conflaters.
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> dInIs (who knows his horse from his sore throat)

Good eye, dInIs! I missed that one.

-Wilson

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>> There's a barbecue restaurant here in Huntsville that has the slogan:
>> "Too much pork for just one fork".
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