[78-L] Deep Ellum Blues^ [fwd]

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
>I once heard George Harrison in a Beatles interview pronounce a
> certain month such that it sounded like 'februeddy'.   Listen to BBC
> Radio Scotland and you'll hear 'jan-uree' and 'feb-u-ree'....
> 
> As for the water thing....'spigot' I understood to be the device on
> something like the toy water truck from Dad's childhood that water
> could come out, 'faucet' for the fixture apparatus in a bathroom or
> kitchen, and 'tap' what beer or whatever is is dispensed from in a bar
> or such like.
> 
And as a children, I NEVER understood why "draught" beer was spoken
as "DRAFT" beer (more often seen, in fact, these days...?!)

...stevenc