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  1. Bill Boggs

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    We all do what we do or say what we say and some of us do or say it differently, I reckon.
     
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    I think dropped syllables in words can be lumped in with accents which are determined by where you live and what you pick up from the local manner of speech. When I came back home after 5 years in the service, my parents said I sounded like a TV news announcer in my speech. Now I'm back like the rest of the local yokels.
     
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    When I was active with military amateur radio service we were encouraged to pronounce the numeral five as fife.
     
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    We were ordered to pronounce the numeral nine as "niner" to distinguish it from "five" in poor transmission conditions.
     
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    Yes, and never, ever say “repeat” unless of course, one is attached to an artillery unit.
     
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