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JoeSpareBedroom

"Peter A" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> says...
>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > 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.
>> > "-)
>> > --
>> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>
>>
>> Absurd. You say it that way out of some fake sense of propriety. If you
>> pronounced "map" like "mop", any good English teacher would beat you with
>> a
>> ruler, and be totally justified in doing so.
>>
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>>
>
> You didn't notice the wink, I guess.
>
> --
> Peter Aitken

I did, but I don't believe it.