Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/04

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Subject: Re: Talking Southern (was: Re: [Leica] gummint ? [Re: Urgen
From: pchefurka@plaintree.com
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 98 08:44:25 -0500

>>Gummint is the way we pronounce 'government' in the South in the USA!
>>
>>You also have to remember that a 'cheer' is something you sit in.

>Don't forget to tell him that "hit" is a pronoun, not a verb, 
>and "sheer" does not refer to something translucent. Oh, and 
>"aint" is your mother's or father's sister.
>
>We'll get into "wunst" and "twyst" in lesson four.

And "earl" does not refer to a member of the peerage - it's either
the slippery stuff you put in the engine of your pickup, or it's what
goes on the roof of your house to pull in the arm-wrestling
championships on your TV.

Paul Chefurka