"folk" with an L

[Herb Stahlke]

Is it true that the Norfolk high school football cheer ends with

We don't drink!
We don't smoke!
Norfolk! Norfolk! Norfolk!

Herb

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Steve Kl. <stevekl at gmail.com> wrote:
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> It's nice to know that I'm not the only one! I
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> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:48 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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>> For me, polka with an L is for the dance and polka without the L is for the
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>> DAD
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>> >This morning on MSNBC a news reader used the word "polka," with /l/.
>> >Back in the 50s in SE Michigan, the southern Chicago suburbs, and
>> >Milwaukee I remember it pronounced without the /l/.
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>> Herb
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