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Capt Bob is quite right about globalization; but something akin to that started here in the USA right after radio was born and spread like wild fire after coast to coast TV came on line. Prior to that time, the regional accents throughout the country were quite different.  Gradually the 'Chicago' or mid-West accent took over.  There's a vast difference between the East Texas and West Texas accents, and the locals insist on mispronouncing the words of their childhood; their children who watch network TV may have a slightly different accent.  I was born just 92 miles south of Chicago but my parents pronounced the letter W as dubya just like President George Bush does.  Mirror was meer; drawer was drau-ah; and wash was warsh.  My younger brother said 'warsh' up to the day he died; he tried to change but the habit was just too ingrained.My children don't mispronounce these words, in large part because that's not the way they hear them on TV or in school, but also because I have tried to pronounce them correctly.  Now back on topic; I don't like the idea of displaying the number of posts added to or threads started as it tends to incite contests, running up the total, etc.Art
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