"KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote in message
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > 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.
>>
>>
>
> As a point of clarification, I was simply re-affirming your point and
> adding
> an observation in a similar vein. The second point wasn't directed at you.
>
> If you took it that way, then perhaps it may apply after all.
>
> In retrospect, I suppose you may have been directing the illiteracy
> comment
> towards myself and my lineage....if that's the case then your allegations
> are built on a very flimsy single thread of evidence and in truth you are
> way off base.
>
>

My comments were aimed at your parents' explanation of the two versions of
the word. You obviously rose above it all.