> Ah. I think Faux Pas really did mean the "rowt" pronounciation, as opposed to "rawt" -- that's why I changed his "awthaus" spelling to "owthaus", since it didn't make sense otherwise.
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Yeppers, that's right.

> What I had been thinking, actually, was the interesting way one of my American cousins speaks. She's a police cop down south near Austin. It's quite disconcerting to have a fairly petite Chinese girl come up to you and ask How you're doing?... in a slow Texan drawl! :-)
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> Wolfspirit

Ah, from my old stomping grounds. Sure she isn't saying "How're y'all doin'?"

-Faux "misplaced Texan" Pas