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

[Buttsie]

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

Using Websters Approved Dictionary...copyright 1941

cheers
B...OZ

[jj]

...and what about the other half?

[mike johnson]

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

[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.