a-prefixing dying out? NOT!

[Beverly Flanigan]

Wonderful!  It's alive and well here in Southeastern Ohio too.

At 08:26 PM 10/6/2007, you wrote:
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>Poster:       "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU>
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>On page 1 of the Knoxville News-Sentinel today, there is a photo of a
>Knox County resident responding to a court decision this week announced
>by said newspaper in the headline "Judge tosses 12."
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>The photo shows a sign designed by a group of concerned citizens re the
>political mess that resulted in the headline. The sign reads:
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>I'M A-WISHIN'
>FOR A BETTER
>COMMISSION
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>There may be t-shirts - I will try to make some available if there are.
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>(We could do pronunciation too, of course.)
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>Bethany
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