"KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote in message
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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>> "KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote in message
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>> > "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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>> >> In article >,
>> >> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Any fisherpersons in your circle of acquaintances? If so, how do
>> >> > they
>> >> > pronounce this fish:
>> >> >
>> >> > crappie
>> >> >
>> >> > Do they turn it into "croppie", to avoid the bad word that will
>> >> > bring
>> > sin
>> >> > and destruction upon their houses?
>> >>
>> >> No, we say "croppie" because that's the correct way to pronounce it.
> "-)
>> >
>> > *backwoods voice mode on*
>> >
>> > They ain't no O in Crappie :-)
>> >
>> > *Mode off*
>> >
>> > Heard it both ways throughout my life in many parts of the country, but
>> > this
>> > is the first time I've ever heard of sin & destruction tied to the "a"
>> > version :-)
>>
>>
>> That's the only reason I can come up with for pronouncing it that way,
> other
>> than illiteracy. Fake decency examples are everywhere. People in
> newsgroups
>> type sh*t instead of shit. Are they kidding?
>>
>>
>
> My deep south (Central Alabama) grandparents often fought over this very
> thing. Memaw claimed the long a variant (Croppie) and Papaw the short a
> (Crappie). One time when I was ~16, Memaw was in a huff and pulled out the
> dictionary to prove her point and Papaw politely told her to kiss his ass!
> Never Surrender ! :-)


OK, but there's no long or short debate here. Both pronunciations are the
short version of the vowels involved. What a way to confuse kids and undo
what teachers are trying to achieve. Illiteracy is often hereditary.