Date:  Fri, 16 Dec 1994 11:10:04 -0600

From:  Michael M T Henderson <mmth[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FALCON.CC.UKANS.EDU>

Subject: Re: pigs, hoick



In my native Scotland, citrus sections are called "liths", perhaps

because they are rock-hard by the time Brits see them.

We didn't say "hoick" (it's actually the pronunciation of Hawick, my

family's home town), but we did say "houck", violating the Sassenach's

constraint against /aw/ before [+grave] consonants. Also, a silly person

was called a "gouk".

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