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dr.strangelove

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16. I hear that

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #12)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 03:35 PM

Sep 2014

My lovely mother has a ton of the "precious moment" figures too. I did not inherit that!!!

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Who hears extra sounds in words? Or doesn't hear certain letters? [View all] Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 OP

i think any of us with a regional accent who were taught to read phonetically hedgehog Sep 2014 #1

without question dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #2

LOL! Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #5

I thought it was Yawdrow dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #10

Yaw-Droh Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #12

I hear that dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #16

Oh, dear. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #19

To me, there really is no difference dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #29

Music boxes are cool! Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #31

She has a bunch of old tin/copper music boxes and others dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #37

Are you Scottish? DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #3

I grew up hearing/saying "Warshington" and "Boeings" dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #4

"Warshington." Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #6

To hear most people, you'd think the 2nd month is Febyooary pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #7

I DO know the middle of the week is dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #8

They're all on the collander, so no damage done. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #9

Interesting, now that you made me think about it. Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #11

My personal favorite is dunno. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #13

Funny thing Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #14

My father's personal peeve had to do with a colloquialism I picked up. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #15

I use that all the time. Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #21

"Chicago" is one of the few words that exposes my Latina roots. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #23

One word that's always bothered me is Comfortable. Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #17

Sword and salmon... Callmecrazy Sep 2014 #18

Or the word "Chocolate" Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #20

yes! exactly. Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #34

Valuable Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #22

The cute little bright-eyed rodent... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #24

Imagine the egg on my face now pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #25

Lightning betsuni Sep 2014 #26

Where to begin? ailsagirl Sep 2014 #27

Conscience Paulie Sep 2014 #28

Conscience tripped me up recently on DU. Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #35

When I was a kid, I noticed kids saying "CANTapillar" (caterpillar). raccoon Sep 2014 #30

interesting thread. i'm gonna make a SAM-wich and think it over. n/t orleans Sep 2014 #32

You mean a sammich. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #33

actually no--i grew up saying samwich. orleans Sep 2014 #38

Theatre is another one Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #36