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Thread #84899   Message #1570897
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
26-Sep-05 - 11:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: For Scots and Scottish expats only
Subject: RE: BS: For Scots and Scottish expats only
Thanks, Giok. That was fun.

I was intrigued by the pronunciation of "down." More like "dahn" than the way I say it. Here in the U.S., we get that "dahn" pronunciation in Michigan and in Pennsylvania, among other places.

No doubt someone, somewhere, has produced a Ph.D thesis on this.