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“Mutter mutter mutter?”
“Please?”
“I was asking after your daughter.”</p>
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Ahhh, a Cincinnatian! I call everything legit. But I thought everyone said grind.
Oh, I thought of something. Everyone here says that things are “skep,” but I say “sketch” because my sister learned that at college, unsure of origin.</p>
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It’s a non-rhotic accent. An awful lot of people call Harvard “Havahhhhd” in an over-exaggeration of this – including, somewhat strangely, my deaf aunt.</p>