Iago, Mary-Land and schwa -Reply

[Steve Crutchfield scrutch@xxxxxxxx]

Continued off-topic ramblings....

My Branch Office Manager, an African-American woman, grew
up in southern Mary-land. She always calls is "Murr-lunn", and
talks about taking her son to John's Hopkins Medical Center in
"BALLmurr." She also inverts the letters in the work meaning
"Make an inquiry," as in "I AXED Denice if you had filled out
those forms."

As someone who grew up in Seattle (hence NO regional accent
whatsoever), I get a kick out of regional differences.