"No pork on my fork"

[Dennis R. Preston]

The best, of course, particularly with the new spelling. Always my
favorite over "Picketwire."

dInIs



>Narbonne...
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>JL
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>"Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU> wrote:
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>Ah! Versailles, Madrid, Cairo...
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>dInIs
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>>I had a friend in grad school who grew up near Arab, Alabama. He
>>said it was always pronounced "AY-rab."
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>>JL
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>>Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>On Jun 20, 2005, at 4:45 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:
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>>>>  During the Korean-War era, a friend of mine was stationed at
>>>>  Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville. According to him, GI's
>>>>  referred to the locals as "doo-wahs," because of a feature of
>>>>  the local dialect. Instead of saying, "huh? or "what?" or
>>>>  even "say what?", the locals said, "_Do_ what?"
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks to Jerry Springer, I can testify that "do what?" is
>>>>  still used in this way, though, unfortunately, I can't say
>>>>  where, since the "guests" don't always mention their home
>>>>  states or hometowns. To my ear, "do what?" has the same
>>>>  intonation pattern as "say what?"
>>>>
>>>>  -Wilson Gray
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>>>  I still say "do what?" in the context you mention (reared in Middle
>>>  Tennessee).
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>>>  And that would have been the KO-re-un war . . . (strong emphasis on
>>>  the initial syllable)
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>>Needless to say, I don't think that you'll have any problem believing
>>that the same people who say "JAY pan" also say "KO rea." ;-)
>>
>>-Wilson
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