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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 06:43 PM
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Poll question: How do you pronounce "to?"
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 06:43 PM by Misunderestimator
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 06:44 PM
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1. Depends how quickly I'm speaking (nt)
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 06:59 PM
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2. Hmmm another candidate for the "greatest" page
:evilgrin:
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:15 PM
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8. LOL....
Hey... if you'd have been following things like Worst Username Ever apparently has been, you'd have appreciated my keen sense of humor... :P
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:01 PM
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3. tee
:shrug:

:P
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:04 PM
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4. Wattahells da problem here?
...eh?
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:16 PM
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9. Eh, some of my Pittsburgh accent is still with me even
though I haven't lived there in 6 years. I'm still a "da" person.
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:21 PM
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12. ....another "yinzer"?
cool
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:39 PM
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14. indeed.
www.pittsburghese.com is one of my official dictionaries.
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:43 PM
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15. I'm still crawling outta da pits of depression...
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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:06 PM
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5. I say both "too" and "tuh" depending on the position of the word
I also say got-tuh and gotta.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:09 PM
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6. I rhyme it with "episode."
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:14 PM
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7. OMG
what a coincidence... so do I, though pronounced a bit differently. :)
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:17 PM
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10. Honey, we southerners say tuh.
I'm goin tuh tha mawl. Do yah need enny thang?

:hi:
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:19 PM
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11. It's fixin tuh rain...
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 07:20 PM by Misunderestimator
As we said in Tejas ... :hi:
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 07:25 PM
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13. That has been the most difficult habit for me to break.
Even when I lecture students, I find my self saying, "Alexander was fixin tuh ..."

LOL. :-)
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