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Old 05-23-2009, 10:19 AM   #202
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Originally Posted by BenG View Post
I once knew someone from the mountains of Tennessee. He would pronounce fire as far.
A friend claimed he had a serious conversation with him about how some words are pronounced the same but spelled differently, like fire and far and tire and tar.
...and then there's all the strange people who pronounce "you're" and "your" the same way, when they should clearly be pronounced differently. (I say 'yer' and 'yore')

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