The Placid girl was of murican hill folk parentage but, of course, only
a short drive south of Montreal so there is justification. I once had a
girlfriend from Kingston who did not exhibit the dipthong but showed me
a great deal else.
Hennessy was Irish OK?!
AndrewF
On 02/12/2004, at 2:57 PM, Earl Dunbar wrote:
>
> Yes, there is variation. I will take your description
> ("pronounciation [sic] of both vowels in the dipthong") as more
> authoritative than my meagre ramblings. The Lake Placid student
> citation is interesting, but I sniff out maybe Canadian parent(s) of
> the youngster?
>
> Anyway, I don't think a good Bordeaux an exact match for haggis, but
> the Scots have traditionally had strong allies in Gaul, and if we take
> the absolute best of both worlds (Highlands, Lagavulin, Highland Park
> plus Bordeaux, Burgundy et Sancerre), one can be trés satisfé.
>
> Earl
>
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