That is true for you, Rapaire, and you will agree we have run around this bush before. No matter what you believe the word to mean, it does not sound like Rapparee in the spelling you offer for it. While you are within your rights to SAY it should sound one or another way, you will p[perhaps concede that standard English rules of [pronunciation have to be set aside to accommodate your narcissistic whimsy, a step I am unwilling to take just to humor you.


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