Re: muzzies

> In Texas, the dialectal term for "mosquito" is
> "skeeter",
> either [skid@] or [skidr=]. (Since final /o/ in
> Texan shifts to
> schwa, the first of those two has transparently just
> lost its
> first syllable.)
I don't know where this Texan dialect originated, but
Texas is not its only home.  There are plenty of
skeeters in Missouri too. ;-)

HEather


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