Anthère wrote in very small part:
| >what does "purty" means ?
|
| Toby wrote: It's a humorous or derogatory spelling of "pretty",
| which implies that the speaker is unsophisticated.
| Mispronouncing "pretty" as "purty" /'p@rti/ (see [[SAMPA
Chart]])
| is similar to mispronouncing "nuclear" as "nucular"
/'nuwkj@l@r/.
| Such pronunciation has even become standard in the case of "iron",
| which is pronounced "iurn" /'aj@rn/ even by educated speakers.
Toby is once again, dead wrong. The proper incorrect spelling for "pretty"
is "purdy" -- with a "D"... I'm compiling my sources now...
-S