ADS-L Digest - 15 May 2008 to 16 May 2008 (#2008-138)

[Wilson Gray]

In Georgia, perhaps, but not in Texas, where "I" is a front vowel and
not a back vowel.

Little-known fact: the late Massachusetts senator, Edward Brooke, a
native of Virginia, once shilled for a local radio station, WROR. He
referred to it as,

"Dubya-Aahra-Oh-Aahra."

-Wilson

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> Just a wild guess, but maybe because R that way would sound too much
> like I as you've described it.
> dh
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> I wonder why it is that "r" is pronounced "aahra" and not "aah"?
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> -Wilson
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