From: john.w.kennedy@gmail.com   
      
   On 2015-07-16 17:28:13 +0000, William Vetter said:   
      
   > Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   >> Jim Hetley  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Having gone to high school in rural Appalachian Kentucky, I can say that   
   >>>> the actual pronunciation of "fire" is closer to "faar".  "Far" doesn't   
   >>>> adequately convey the drawl.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'd have gone with "fahr" if trying to transcribe it.   
   >>   
   >> I'm noticing that niether of these alternatives replicate some other   
   >> common English word,   
   >   
   > It can be abbreviation for Fahrenheit.   
      
   Or "Fahrvergnügen". But those are low probability, which "far" is not.   
      
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