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Old 11-18-2004, 11:52 AM   #2420
Sparklehorse
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Pronunciation Peeves

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Which is why we do not look to rural hicks with comical yet undecipherable dialects for our pronunciation guides.
Isn't this a bit redundent? I'm so disappointed.

Hick in Roget's Thesaurus

ADJECTIVE: Informal. Of or relating to the countryside: arcadian, bucolic, campestral, country, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic. See URBAN.

Hick in American Heritage Dictionary

NOUN: Informal A person regarded as gullible or provincial: “New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks” (Louis Auchincloss). ADJECTIVE: Provincial; unsophisticated: a hick town.
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