"potato"_vs._"potahto"

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Sun May 21 02:04:46 UTC 2006


You say Car-meen-a, I say Car-mine-a,
You say Bu-ray-na, I say Bu-rah-na,
Car-meen-a, Car-mine-a, Bu-ray-na, Bu-rah-na,
Let's Karl the whole thing Orff.

(not by me, alas, but I don't remember by whom)

m a m

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