[78-L] Forgotten but not "gone"

[Taylor Bowie]

Many folks from British Columbia employ  a variation which is closer to 
"oat" and "aboat."  I still hear it...and of course we get visitors from the 
east who want to know how far it is from Seattle to "Ory-GONE."

Taylor B



> It has all but vanished these days...but when I first arrived in Canada
> (early seventies)
> the Scottish origins of many Ontario settlers meant that "out" or "about"
> often sounded
> more like "oot" or "aboot"...!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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