Beth Thurman (terrilee@ipa.net) wrote: >However, I couldn't help but smile.......I wonder how many folks in good >old Possum Valley and the Prairie could spell "sherbet." I was impressed >w/that spelling.....must show you are either educated or haven't been >around us Southerners, esp. southeast AR Southerners for some time.Ha This Dear Beth, Yes, "sherbet" I have down, but my friends here tease me mercilessly about my pronunciation of the word "ornery". Somewhere along the way (and I think it was from my grandmother and great-grandmother), I got it in my head that this word is pronounced "ON-ree". So that's how I still say it. Is this a SE Ark. pronunciation, or did I completely make it up?? --Melissa