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To: ponygirl
Does anyone know if impohr-ent (important) is a Rhode Island thing?

Don't know about Rhode Island, smallest of the 48, but I knew a gal from Boston who lived in the Brighton neighborhood, which she would pronounce "BRY'ehn." She was from a nice town west of Boston and was facetiously putting on a rough 'townie' accent.

My own dear departed father, born on Manhattan's east side in 1932, pronounced "bottle" like "bah'l" (bo(tt)le?). Yours truly pronounces "mountain" more like "moun'in" (moun(t)'n?) where the "t" is so lightly pronounced it's but a suggestion.

1,786 posted on 12/08/2021 7:36:20 AM PST by Oratam ("For the love of money is the root of all evil.")
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To: Oratam
I drove my cah on the Gahden State Pahkway in Novembah.
1,820 posted on 12/08/2021 9:17:47 AM PST by Radix (Politicians; the Law and the Profits. )
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