"parap(@)legic"

[James Harbeck]

>As soon as I read that last comment, it occurred to me to check where
>the Cowboy Junkies (and in particular their lead singer, Margo
>Timmins) hail from, because it always puzzled me that they sing about
>"ashphalt" (in "200 More Miles").  Sure enough, they're all
>Torontonians.  Not Alberta, but apparently close enough for
>(Canadian) government work.

Yup, it's ash-falt in TO, too. Not universally, of course; spelling
pronunciations will ever manage to push up like grass through the
asphalt.

James Harbeck.

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