Heard on the Today show: "whuppin'"

[Mark Mandel]

Veering off, what does the proverb mean?

Mark Mandel


On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

> Yes, definitely a lexified "nonstandard" pronunciation (cf. "heist," etc.).
>  The pronunciation more strictly represented by the spelling "whipping"--and
> perhaps the speling itself--would be inappropriate in certain situations.
>
> By analogy: The proverb "Bros before hos" (sp?) cannot reasonably be
> written (much less pronounced) as "Brothers before whores"--by anybody!
>
> --Charlie
>

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