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Originally Posted by Retriever
They also have "hocks" in Pennsylvania.
I have heard several "dotters" (or... "daughter"... to non-PA residents) talk about the "hocks" in their area.
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Haha.
Sometimes we put the "aw" into words where it doesn't belong, but sometimes others take the "aw" out, and it's confusing.
I was on the phone once with someone out in the midwest. She told me I needed to call Don because Don had the information I needed. I said, "Can you give me his phone number?" She said very haughtily, "Don is a woman, not a 'he'."
Apparently, Don was Dawn, but there was no way to tell that.
Likewise a friend of mine told of living out in western Pennsylvania for a few years. They made friends with the neighbors, a woman and her husband, Dell. They were invited over to celebrate Dell's birthday, so she bought a gift with a card, and they went.
After Dell opened his card, the woman told my friend, "You spelled his name wrong! His name isn't Dell, it's DELL. D A L E. Dell.
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