Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation - All and Oil in Texas

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78@> 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". 
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> 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!

Geoff:
I remember when I first moved to South London from Lancashire at the 
tender age of 9. I had a strong Lancashire accent and several of the 
pupils in the Junior School I went to had Cockney accents,

We talked 'at' eah other for two or three weeks before real communication 
was established!!