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Old 10-31-2010, 09:42 PM
Titchou Titchou is offline
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Originally Posted by carnation View Post
When I moved to Alabama, there were lots of older people who kept talking about women named May-rie, Ma-tha, and Say-ra. Took me some time to realize that they were talking about Mary, Martha, and Sara. You still hear the WW2 generation pronouncing those names thusly.
And I knew a Say-ra who had a sister named E-rin....
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