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Okay, I can't resist, either. In southern KY, we trimmed our pencils. = When I went to college (just 40 miles from where I grew up), I learned = that other people sharpened theirs. Entering college also taught me that = "reckon" is not a term used by everyone; I suppose this one of those = Elizabethan holdovers that made it out of the mountains into the central = part of the state. Moving to coastal South Carolina after college opened up a whole new world = of regional dialect. You haven't lived until you've overheard someone = talk of going "doon de skreet to de K Mark to bought a new shoe fuh 'e bug = feets." In other words, she went to K Mart to buy a new pair of shoes. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=