Blount Not Blunt re Pronunciations, Accents Suggestions

[Wilson Gray]

Russians are under the impression that frogs as well as ducks go
"quack": _kvak_. Perhaps Russian frogs are a different species from
the American kind.

-Wilson

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> FYI:
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> _In the Recording Studio with Roy Blount, Jr._
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> http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/new_upcoming/in_the_recording_studio_wi
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> Possibly of more interest to the group than some recent comments by
> two people (myself included) who should know better than to bicker,
> toward no good end, here.
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