Re: Grammar

Said  Holger Dansk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
 
>Well, what's your perception?  Haven't you noticed how many negroes say,
>"foh" for four, "poelice" for police, "Presidennnt" for President,
>"Aunt" pronounced to rhyme with "up" and "but" instead of the correct
>way which rhymes with "cat" and "man", and is pronounced the same as
>ant; "incidennnt" for incident, "evidennnce" for evidence, "weck" for
>work, "acks" for ask, "paymennnt" for payment, "Eyerock" for Iraq.  The
>"I" in Iraq rhymes with the ones in "in" and "hit", and the "a" in Iraq
>rhymes with the ones in "cat" and "man".  These are just a few examples.
>The list is very long.

A test for you. Pronounce these:

Worcester. Mayor. Car. Boston. 

Ready now ? Here's the correct answer, as spoken by your average white
male up her in the Greater Boston area:

Woosstah. Mayah. Caaah. Bawstin. 

I could go on. A guy in our office is a skydiver, and his custom
licence plate proudly states it:

JUMPAH 

and he's a true-blooded Yankee white male. 


Alberto.