Say what? It must be catching!

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:26 AM -0400 8/19/08, Charles Doyle wrote:
>Wilson, to my white Southern ears (which are actually sort of
>pinkish), that sounds like a normal contraction of "I am going to"!
>I can't remember where Brady grew up.

California, more or less the central part.  He went to college at the
U. of Michigan.

LH

>
>--Charlie
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>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:52:33 -0400
>>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>>Subject: Say what? It must be catching!
>>
>>Tom Brady, New England Patriots quarterback, on Boston local news:
>>
>>"_Umma_ do my best to be in shape when the season begins"
>>
>>as opposed to the expected
>>
>>"_Mgunna_ do my best ..."
>>
>>
>>Well, it is known that he and Randy Moss, his favorite
>>pass-catcher, hang out together a lot, even off the field. :-)
>>
>>-Wilson
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