crapper 1910...and more

[Jonathan Lighter]

My wife (fellow New Yorker that she is) says "Holloween." I don't.

  JL

Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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Thanks for the "-e'en"! In those days, the hypercorrection of
"Hallow-" to "Hollow-" hadn't really caught on. It was still possible
to correct people without their taking offense.

-Wilson

On 7/17/07, sagehen wrote:
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> >FWIW (I didn't forget the "W", this time!), in the Saint Louis of my
> >childhood and youth, at least, ca.1940-1960, "croppie," "tossel," and
> >"liloc" instead of "crappie," "tassel," and "lilac," plus others that
> >may come to mind later, were the usual pronunciations.
> >
> >-Wilson
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> How about Hallowe'en/Hollowe'en?
> A
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