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To: rdb3
"Ax" is actually a West Indes pronounciation as is "skreet".
38 posted on 08/14/2002 6:14:34 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy
I never heard anyone say "skreet" for "street" until I came South.
39 posted on 08/14/2002 6:17:10 AM PDT by rdb3
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To: AppyPappy
Believe or not, there are some rural Southern white folks who also say aks. Actually, most of so-called Ebonics mostly originated as part of Southern dialect.
52 posted on 08/14/2002 7:07:59 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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