Date:  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 16:52:24 +0300

From:  Stewart Mason <masons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ZIAVMS.ENMU.EDU>

Subject: Re: South East Missouri /IG-nert/



>-- ignorant /IG-nert/ This pronunciation usually means eccentric or stupid

>behavior often intended by the perpetrator to raise dander in onlookers; or

>obstinacy about a point in contention, even in the face of overwhelming

>evidence

>to the contrary. /IG-nor-ant/ is used when the textbook definition of ignorant

>is intended.



An ex-girlfriend of mine, a college-educated black woman in her

mid-thirties born and raised in Clovis, New Mexico, often uses the

pronounciation /IG-n*nt/ in the same manner. She also uses the "correct"

pronunciation for the textbook definition.



Stewart



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