Date:  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 13:07:54 -0600

From:  Christopher Mack <MACKCD[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WP.DHSS.STATE.WI.US>

Subject: RhetORic -Reply



Though not actually a _native_ Wisconsiner, I've never heard this

pronunciation. (Maybe it's more a characteristic of being a Rush fan? ;)

We *do* say, "Dem Packers is playin like a buncha old wimmin,"

however.



>>> Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU> 11/08/95

12:56pm >>>

On a quick ride to the Wal-Mart to get some anti-freeze a minute ago, I

heard a caller from Wisconsin (I believe) tell Rush Limbaugh something

about liberal rhetORic, with stress on the second syllable. Is this

pronunciation common up yonder or is it an attempt at saying a word

read but never heard?