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Could "slurry" be a mistake -- a typographical error, a slip of the error, or whatever -- for "Estuary"?

p>If not, what did Mr. Henry mean? br> -- Mark Liberman /p>

Lawrence Henry replies: I learned of the accent I call "slurry" from none other than Dick Francis, can't now remember which novel. He described it in some detail as a kind of commercial affection based on suburban London, and gave extensive examples in a character's speech.

p> I once wrote the word "draw" on a piece of paper and asked my friend from Boston to read it. He pronounced it "drawer." Then I wrote the word "drawer" beneath it, and he said "draw." And when I ordered a pizza in Schenectady, the girl asked if I wanted it to be a six or an eight chug' (8-cut). br> -- Ted Hans br> Niskayuna, New York /p>

South Africans don't have accents! -- they have exclamation marks!

p>Happy Thanksgiving America! br> -- Marc de Jung

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