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Re: Iago, Mary-Land and schwa



On Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:40:25 -0500 (EST) you wrote:


The American League baseball team there is the Oreos.
>   Have a nice day, hon.
>
>Lee Hickling            
>hickling@xxxxxxxx

When I was in about seventh grade I participated in a
regional spelling bee. The man said, ``oriole,'' I asked,
``Like the cookie?'' and the man said, ``No, like the
bird.'' Lost, I still spelled it ``o-r-e-o.''

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