Just wondering

[Brenda Lester]

I remember young children  saying "bissup" for "except."
  Another is "bah-sket-ti" for "spaghetti." Sorry, no symbols on this thing.






Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
  1. Too weird for my achin' head.

2. No. But could.

JL

Wilson Gray 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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