Re: USAGE: Weird dialectal stuff

>From: Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>
>He gave two  examples of the dialect, pen and pin (I can't describe the
>sounds accurately , but suffice to say, both words are said kind of in
>between the sounds of both words) both sound the same, and are said the
>same. I didn't notice it at first, but when he gave those two examples, i
>really noticed it .
It's a Southern/Texan thing too, except 'pen' and 'pin' are both pronounced
[pi:In] in a bisyllabic fashion (or at least a falling diphthong).

Danny
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