Rhymes (was forehead)

[Wilson Gray]

"Keer" was the eye-dialect for "care" in the old Li'l Abner comic
strip, set in "Dogpatch," _Kentucky_.

-Wilson

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff at alvord.com> wrote:
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>  I just realized today that, in the Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown," Don
>  rhymes "tear" and "sincere" with "care." Not in my idiolect, but standard
>  around Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, perhaps?
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