Trivial note on pronunciation: forehead

[Jonathan Lighter]

My grandparents were similar, including the "valise" part.

I say "forrid."

Always have, always will.

JL
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> my grandmother, from NYC, born 1890, always pronounced it "forrid"..  She's
> the only one I ever heard pronounce it that way.  She also is the only
> person i ever heard call a suitcase a "valise", but I guess that's a
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> for a whole new post.
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> Bill Palmer
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> > Why, it must, for the rhyme to work:
> > There was a little girl
> > Who had a little curl
> > Right in the middle of her forehead.
> > And when she was good,
> > She was very, very good
> > And when she was bad she was horrid.
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> > Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
> > Waynesville, MO
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> > I notice that "Ducky" (David McCallum) of NCIS properly :-) rhymes
> > "forehead" with "horrid." Of course, he's even older, by four years,
> > than I am.
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