In article . 131>,
Amarantha > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:barbschaller-
> :
>
> > In article >,
> > "KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote:
> >
> >> My deep south (Central Alabama) grandparents often fought over this very
> >> thing. Memaw claimed the long a variant (Croppie)
> >
> > Errr, long a? Wouldn't that make it a CRAY-pee?
> >
>
>
> I thought long 'a' would be 'aa', and 'ay' a dipthong (really 'ei').
>
> But I'm only a wannabe amateur linguist, and could stand to be corrected
>
> K

LOL. I didn't know a better way to spell it. I was thinking of
crayfish, Cray Research, and Crayola crayons. :-) I see "aa" and I'm
thinking Baa-Baa Blacksheep.

OB Food: Six jars of blackberry jam just came from the canner. More
peach jam today (Amaretto Peach, I'm thinking); nectarine jam is done
and delicious. Tomatoes are in my future tomorrow and Sunday.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007