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Old 26-Feb-2009, 05:42
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Default Re: The Letter R

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Yup.

wash = warsh
idea = idear
oil = erl
toilet = terlet
piano = pianer
potato = potater

Grrr....



Oh, Charlie, you made me laugh! I live in CT, but do not have a "New Yawk" or "Baaahston" or even a "Mainah" accent, but I sure know a lot of people who do.
Oh, by the way, it's almost lobstah season heah. *snicker*
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Oh, Charlie, you made me laugh! I live in CT, but do not have a "New Yawk" or "Baaahston" or even a "Mainah" accent, but I sure know a lot of people who do.
Oh, by the way, it's almost lobstah season heah. *snicker*
And with any luck at all, you don't have the Connecticut hiccup-T accent either!:

I di'n' hi' the bu'on!
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