Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation - All and Oil in Texas

[potioncat]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
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> > Potioncat:
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> > Ya'll come back now. Heah?
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> Mike:
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> Hey PC,
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> I first heard that phrase on the Beverly Hillbillies theme song. I've 
> always assumed it replaced "hear". 

Hi Mike,
You're right, it's hear. We didn't used to say our 'r's" but after 
reading Amandageits's posts, I'm wondering if that's still true. I do 
hear a difference in the speech when I go home.

I used to have to translate for my children. They couldn't understand 
their Southern grandparents who couldn't understand them either. Of 
course, the kids became teenagers and now no one understands them!