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

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 8:46 pm
by Buttsie
So thats why i can't understand half of the nonsense posted here

Using Websters Approved Dictionary...copyright 1941

cheers
B...OZ

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

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 9:14 pm
by jj
...and what about the other half?

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

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 10:05 pm
by mike johnson
Not sure I buy it, but I read once that Appalachian hillbilly is the purest modern spoken English extant.

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

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 7:05 am
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.