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posted: 2/28/2008 at 6:34 PM |
Quote from Dragon76 on 2/28/2008 at 6:30 PM:As Winston Churchill allegedly said when corrected for ending a sentence with a preposition, "This is the kind of pedantic nonsense up with which I will not put!" 
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posted: 2/28/2008 at 7:13 PM |
| Quote from Kerry1976 on 2/28/2008 at 6:21 PM: Don't forget, in the Midwest, we have a lovely habit of ending sentences in prepositions, such as "Where are you from?"
I'm not a total country hick, but I grew up near a creek - which we lovingly pronounced "crick." I didn't even realize the error of this pronunciation until a boyfriend teased me about it in grad school.
My mom was from Texas and my dad's from Oklahoma. I didn't stand a chance growing up! We "warshed" our clothes, and we drank "meeilk." Family reunions would've done Jeff Foxworthy proud! |
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Living and Running Behind the Redwood Curtain
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Everything I know, I learned from my cat: When you're hungry, eat. When you're tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vet's, pee on your owner.
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posted: 2/28/2008 at 9:27 PM |
Quote from Dragon76 on 2/28/2008 at 6:30 PM:As Winston Churchill allegedly said when corrected for ending a sentence with a preposition, "This is the kind of pedantic nonsense up with which I will not put!"
We'd have to expect this though, considering the last two letters of his first name. |
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posted: 2/28/2008 at 9:33 PM |
| Quote from fatozzig on 2/28/2008 at 7:13 PM: My mom was from Texas and my dad's from Oklahoma. I didn't stand a chance growing up! We "warshed" our clothes, and we drank "meeilk." Family reunions would've done Jeff Foxworthy proud!
And in Texas, we pronounced "pin" and "pen" the same. Now my kids give me grief for that, because when they do that at school up north, they get teased. Poor children.
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