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Thread #119639 Message #2597089
Posted By: Charley Noble
25-Mar-09 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: How do you pronounce 'Dogies'?
Subject: RE: How do you pronounce 'Dogies'?
I believe that Q has got it right in terms of derivation from the Spanish as in "orphaned calfs." I always heard it pronounced as "doughies" as sung by Tony Kraber on his 1940's cowboy songs recording.