Won't it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?


This couplet struck me.. i say groats (buckwheat groats) to ryhme with oats and i say grits, (hominy grits)to rhyme with bits. i didn't realize that this was one of the those words AnnaS might like her grits, but i like my groats, and think buckwheat pancakes to be the best!
another is grindstone-- nowdays, most americans would say grind (to rhyme with hind) stone, but i understand it used to be said grind (to rhyme with wind)stn (not quite stin, the vowel is so soft as almost not to be there)

Chitterling is an other, (properly said, chit'lins) and now sometimes spelled chittlins or chittlings.

what other surprizes did you find?



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