[78-L] Pronunciations and odd label misspellings

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Jim Whipkey" <suuford at msn.com>
> RE:  Tidewater VA     accents and  their   "Oat the hoase" preferences,
> recall  the only other place I ever heard similar   pronunciations was
> southeast Ontario,  how did that come about?
> 
It happened in Ontario because the majority of the post-colonial Ontarians
were Scots...and they tend to pronounce "Ow" more or less as "Oo!"

...stevenc