Date:  Tue, 10 Oct 1995 16:04:06 -0500

From:  Donald Larmouth <LARMOUTD[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GBMS01.UWGB.EDU>

Subject: Re: ornery



My father was from western Kentucky (Madisonville), and though he suc=

cessfully=20

cultivated an Inland Northern linguistic fa=E7ade, when he was at eas=

e he used=20

the term often, pronouncing it with two syllables [a:nri], as in "the=

 dawg was=20

gittin' [a:nri]. I never heard him say it any other way. Here in NE W=

isconsin=20

it's pronounced with three syllables, more or less like it's spelled.



DWL