Dawgs and Mirrors

[Wilson Gray]

I still much prefer the Southern / BE disyllabic pronunciation of
"mirror," however spelled, to the monosyllabic Northern "mere."

-Wilson

On 10/27/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> "Horrorscope" has been mentioned, though not, I think, in this connection.
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>   JL
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> RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
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> I saw a Southern manifestation of a similar phenomenon in a furniture store
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> "15% off all Mirrows!"
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Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange
complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is knows how deep
a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our
race. He brought death into the world.

--Sam Clemens

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