But, T, you are in VIRGINIA, whereas I grew up in East-Central Ohio
and live in Michigan. To me it is indeed "meingy" and "meinge" for
mangy and mange. The vowels will out! Never heard of or-einge
instead of orinj.... so much for superior, if I ain't heard of it, eh?
On Tuesday, Oct 28, 2003, at 18:36 US/Eastern, Joy Beeson wrote:
Let me sit and eat this orange
I sprained my knee, now it's a sore hinge.
This, and all the previous postings on the subject, tell me just how
far off I am in *my* pronounciation... :) "Mange", I never had a
reason to utter, but a "mangy" animal (usually a dog, but not
always) gets discussed at regular intervals, and it's not pronounced
as "m-ein-gy"; it's more like "m-angh-y"... And I'm *not* going to
drop my "ohr-einge", either; I learnt them both from my (Norfolk,
VA) WASP DH. He *says* that's the superiour pronounciation, just
like saying "ou" (instead of "au") in "house". Being a know-nothing
Polack, I have no choice but to accept his dictum (on *this* matter,
anyway <g>), *however much* I may love "door-hinge" (rhythm problem
there too, unless you skip *both* "d" of "door", *and* go Cockney
on the"h" o "hinge")... And how do y'all say "StoneHENGE"?
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