Dawgs and Mirrors

Charles Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Fri Oct 27 20:37:36 UTC 2006


Yes, Wilson, that pronunciatioin is WAY preferable--esthetically, morally, everywhichway. /mI r@/

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:25:54 -0400
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Dawgs and Mirrors
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>I still much prefer the Southern / BE disyllabic pronunciation of "mirror," however spelled, to the monosyllabic Northern "mere."
>
>-Wilson

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