"potato"_vs._"potahto"
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sun May 21 02:50:50 UTC 2006
On 5/20/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: "potato"_vs._"potahto"
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> >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
> >
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> And, anyway, according to a lo-o-ongtime host of an afternoon music program
> on CBC radio, it oughta be CARm at na Burahna.
> And, since more often than not, I'd rather not hear it, Karling it Orff is
> okay by me.
> AM
>
> ~@:> ~@:> ~@:> ~@:>
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>
Apparently, the CBC had at least a trivial knowledge of Latin.
-Wilson
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