Quote Originally Posted by Chris Webb
Oops, at least my sentiments were right. Thanks.

Chris Webb

EDIT: I've got an in-law from England, his name is Peter and he is forever trying to get me to say his name right. For the life of me I can't help but pronouce it Peder. One day he met my daughter, Katy, and he of course pronounced it, Katy. I said, "No, her name is Kady." He looked at me, grinned ear to ear and said, "You got me."

I would have sworn by the silver in my buckle that Dolly's last name was Pardon. I called and asked my Mom to make sure and, like all others from this neck of the woods, she kept on sayin' it's Pardon, Son, I just know it's Pardon. Well, it may be spelled 'Parton' but to those of us who hold her as the Queen of the South her name will always be Pardon.
No problem, I'm originally from a very rural region of southern Illinois, and we have a bit of a dialect ourselves. There is a town near my folks called Vienna. They don't pronounce it like the city in Austria though (or like the sausages for that manner). They pronounce it Vie-Anna. And it took me a long time to get the "r" out of words like "wash", although I do still slip into it occasionally.

I'm just a bit of a country music buff (though by no means an expert) and I happen to think that Miss Dolly is an incredibly talented woman. I read the other day that she has written over 6000 songs.