"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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>> >> "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.
>>
>>
>
> I find that statement to be true quite often and it applies equally to
> inflated self-images.


I'm simply stating facts. I know they're often annoying and inconvenient,
but still, they are facts.