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By Heather M (AuntieH)

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#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 8, 2014

How apropos. Cute puzzle.
#2: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Jan 8, 2014
:)
#3: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jan 9, 2014 [SPOILER]
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#4: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jan 10, 2014
cool info ... lol Kristen
#5: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Jan 11, 2014
How true! I have three brothers and the youngest is the true meaning of brat
#6: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 11, 2014
tis true...pronounced like "brot" though
#7: Heather M (AuntieH) on Jan 11, 2014
Thanks folks.
Kristen - LOL!
Kurt - is that like "pot-eh-toe" / "pot-ah-toe"?
#8: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 11, 2014
"ah" sound, for russian brother(as in bratwurst).... and your phonetics are off with potato, as po- (not pot-)is the first syllable ;)lol. "poh-tay-toe", "pah-tah-toe".
#9: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 11, 2014
I've never met anyone who says pah-tah-toe.
#10: Heather M (AuntieH) on Jan 12, 2014
Sorry - I'm not putting it well into phonetics - there's an old Gershwin song - "You like Potato, I like Potahto / You like Tomato, I like Tomahto / Potato, Potahto, Tomato, Tomahto / Let's call the whole thing off." It talks about dialects (regional and class)....
#11: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 12, 2014 [SPOILER]
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#12: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 12, 2014
The song was published in 1937 and maybe they talked differently then.
#13: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jan 12, 2014
I could imagine a snooty New England family pronouncing it this way, when they're having potahtoes at Mahtha's Vineyard.
#14: Heather M (AuntieH) on Jan 12, 2014
Can't say I've every heard potahto, but I've certainly heard tomahto....

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