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   William Vetter to Michelle Bottorff   
   Re: Linguistic voice woes   
   16 Jul 15 13:28:13   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
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