sammie

[Jonathan Lighter]

The form I used as a child - and still use in moments of hunger.

But not "sammitch."

JL


On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 8/17/2014 03:05 AM, W Brewer wrote:
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> >[SAND-which] > [SAM-mitch] ~ [SAM-mee]
> >I recall hearing [SAM-mitch] a lot.
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> Seems to me rather than [SAM-mitch] I heard [SAM-witch].
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> Joel
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