Just wondering
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Mon Jan 1 16:11:43 UTC 2007
1. Too weird for my achin' head.
2. No. But could.
JL
Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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1) Is the pronunciation "bissep" [b at sEp] for "except" also used by
white Southerners? Or is this a black thang that white follk wouldn't
understand?
2) Is there anyone for whom the words "pocketbook" and "purse" denote
different objects? Not "can" or 'could," but _do_.
-Wilson
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