A Californian-in-exile. I see...

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From: Ralph Walter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:28 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OK, let's limit discussion on the Poe House...


In a message dated 8/4/2000 9:08:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Any self-respecting Yankee ought to know it's "gummit" not
"government"....
 Geez. >>

Don't you be callin' me no Yankee, self-respecting or otherwise.

 As a Californian-in-Exile, I am painfully aware that certain of my fellow
westerners (of the troglodytic persuasion)  refer to it as "gummint", but
frankly couldn't figure out a better way to render dat woid in text as it
pronounced by da Noo Yawkuhs (which itself doesn't accurately render dat
last
woid.)

Ralph