Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

Robert Hailman wrote:
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> "Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
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> > > > > like "oot and aboot" alot.  ;-)
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> > > I can't say I know what you are talking aboot.
Missed this before.  It's Scottish people who say "oot and aboot" [u:t n= @bu:t].
Canadians notoriously say "oat and aboat", as in "oat and aboat in a boat".
The /ow/ is very short.

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