[Ads-l] "farv" vs "farm"

Benjamin Barrett mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 19 00:46:01 UTC 2015


I have no idea, but Urban Dictionary has some options among farv, farving and the like that the FFB would probably not be happy to hear about. BB

> On Dec 18, 2015, at 15:31, Chuck Grandgent <chuck at CHUCKG.COM> wrote:
> 
> Local TV commercial for Florida Farm Bureau (insurance) features an agent
> talking with a customer who cannot pronounce "farm", pronounces it "farv"
> with a V.
> 
> Is this total fiction or some basis in fact ?
> 
>   Chuck Grandgent, Alachua, FL
> 
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