Realators--meet on in FeBOOary in the Liberry

[Mike]

> Amanda Geist wrote:
About double modal

Mike adds:
How about "I'm fixin to get ready to ...". There's one I heard alot 
in my time in the Lone Star state. Double modal with a colloquialism.

> Random832 wrote:
> 
> I-ern for "Iron" - READ THE DAMN WORD. Or don't. It is English, 
> after all, the language with the most screwed-up spelling system
> ever. 
>
> It's not "wrong".

Mike:
>From the on-line American Heritage® Dictionary:
i·ern ---- that's a long "I" and an upside down "e"

No other pronunciation offered. What other way did you have in mind, 
Random?