The TV judges

[Charles Doyle]

I reckon his pronunciation of diphthongs is as good a reason to sue a former friend as any!

--Charlie
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>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:45:44 -0500
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: The TV judges
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>On the Peoples Court, there was a forty-ish white male who spoke an ordinary r-ful Southern dialect, except that he pronounced /ai/ as [oi] in all environments. He mentioned that he lived in Raleigh County. Unfortunately, no town or state was mentioned. He was suing a former friend - they were even members of the same church - but the friend used the ordinary Southern pronunciation of /ai/ that's usually spelled "ah" in eye-dialect.
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>-Wilson

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