TV Words

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My friend Amos Garrett who is a white Canadian uses that pronunciation on
one of his instructional recordings entitled,  Rock 'n Roll Rhythm Guitar.

Until that time I had never heard sandwich pronounced that way.

http://store.milesofmusic.com/DVD/Amos_Garrett/41592.html

Page Stephens

> [Original Message]
> From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: 12/6/2006 6:56:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] TV Words
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> "And God spoke to me, and his voice resonated with majistih and powuh,
> and the voice said, "Gimmih some o' dat sammich!"
>
> And I said, "You God. Git yo' own damn sammich!
>
> -Richard Pryor
>
> via
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> -Wilson
>
> On 12/6/06, Jim Parish <jparish at siue.edu> wrote:
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> > Poster:       Jim Parish <jparish at SIUE.EDU>
> > Subject:      Re: TV Words
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> > Charles Doyle wrote of:
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> > > such cutesy terms as "sammy" ('sandwich'; for all I know, however,
that word
> > > may occur more general in some dialect that I'm glad I don't speak)
> >
> > Hmm... could it be a derivative of "sammich" (a variant of "sandwich"
that
> > I've heard here and there)?
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> > Jim Parish
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