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 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 at rti/ (see [[SAMPA Chart]])
| is similar to mispronouncing "nuclear" as "nucular" /'nuwkj at l@r/.
| Such pronunciation has even become standard in the case of "iron",
| which is pronounced "iurn" /'aj at 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