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To: jay1949

I grew up in southern Illinois and most of my ancestors came to Illinois during the Scots-Irish migration from the Carolinas. You can still hear traces of this speech pattern there.

Thanks for posting.


89 posted on 03/26/2010 8:59:00 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --Orwell)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

I had a dear friend, no longer with us, alas, who grew up in Carbondale and had definite traces of such speech.


107 posted on 03/26/2010 9:38:11 AM PDT by jay1949 (Work is the curse of the blogging class)
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