QOTD

[W Brewer]

Hmm... South of the Mason-Dixon, they call me Brrr. Sesquisyllabic /r/,
stress on the middle <r>.  When I recently asked if Granddaddy Brewer had
been a WWI veteran, Pappy said, <<All I know, he was a streetcar driver>>
i.e. for Capital Transit in D.C.  And that's my genealogy.

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