Originally Posted By: olly
Originally Posted By: Jackie
Olly, bet you can't say tord!

It's yalls silent Dubya that gets us Southerners.


hee hee. What he means is that we are the REAL Southerners, and we say toward not tord.

Actually, it's not only the silent 'w' that gets us, but the voiced 'r' as well. Kiwis and Aussies tend not to pronounce 'r' when it occurs in certain positions such as the end of a word or before a consonant. We say ca not car, aht not art, and bahn not barn, etc. So it's t'wawd to us! (IPA tə'wɔd)