Pronunciation question (from L. Urdang)

[Wilson Gray]

On 5/29/07, Dennis Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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> Funny how people talk ways they claim they don't;
> I've even had them deny stuff I've recorded (or
> even shown them on spectrograms).
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> Well, not too funny when you consider the reasons.
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> dInIs
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Speaking of that, dInIs, I've just heard Judge Joe Brown ask:

"Do the children stay _witchoo_? Were they _with you_, at the time?"

Were one to ask him about it, he'd probably answer, "I said 'with you'
in both cases! Do you thank that I'd go on national TV soundin'
ignorant?"

-Wilson
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