Heard on The Judges

[Charles Doyle]

Yes, Wilson, many Georgians give the word that pronounciation--which (of course) grates scrannely on our refined Texas ears.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:04:20 -0500
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Heard on The Judges

>
>Forty-ish black woman from Georgia:
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>"I makes my livin' sellin' _pecans_ ['pi "kaenz]."
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>"Pee cans"?! You'd never hear  that in Texas, where the pecan ['pi "ka:n] / ["p@ 'ka:n] is the state tree.
>
>-Wilson

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