Southern Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio too. But seldom in North
Carolina, and I don't recall ever hearing it that way in Georgia except
from an outsider.
Gregg
You can throw in Minnesota, Wisconsin and at least UP Michigan, too. Great
pan fish.
Tris
At 09:28 AM 7/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:38:22 -0700, Gregg Iverson wrote:
>
> >I don't know what part of the south you were brung up in, but anyplace I
> >have lived down here it ain't pronounced to rhyme with anything but trap
> etc.
>
>I have eaten a fish that should be spelled crOppie all my life - So
>count W. Tennessee, NE Arkansas, and SE Missouri among the crOppie
>regions.
>-
>B.B. Bean bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Bean & Bean Cotton
>Co http://www.beancotton.com
>Peach Orchard, MO
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