1/4 pounder with cheese..er O/T

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Buttsie

Re: 1/4 pounder with cheese..er O/T

Post by Buttsie »

So thats why i can't understand half of the nonsense posted here

Using Websters Approved Dictionary...copyright 1941

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jj

Re: 1/4 pounder with cheese..er O/T

Post by jj »

...and what about the other half?
mike johnson

Re: 1/4 pounder with cheese..er O/T

Post by mike johnson »

Not sure I buy it, but I read once that Appalachian hillbilly is the purest modern spoken English extant.
jj

Re: 1/4 pounder with cheese..er O/T

Post by jj »

Me neither......but New England English is supposed to retain the vowel-sounds that Shakespeare would have used, somewhat similar to modern Lancastrian usage.
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