On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:48:10 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

> We didn't really have a vowel at all in the first syllable where I
> grew up. It was sort of p'kahn. So whether it came out "uh" or
> "eh" or "i" didn't make much difference cuz it was so short -- just
> as long as it weren't "ee". :-)

Okay! That sounds even more like how I'd say it.

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