[Magdalen] Charleston Receipt.

[Marion Thompson]

Eye-, or ear-, opening!

Mxarion, a pilgrim


On 8/29/2017 9:05 AM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> The Charleston Brogue.  Below is a video of Fmr. Sen. Fritz Hollings
> speaking when he was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.  His is
> about as authentic a Charleston accent - dialect - as I can find in a short
> search.  Charlestonians do not speak 'Southern', especially the kind of
> southern characterized in movies and television.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yclcdfTVpFo
>
> Ginga
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:29 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My English-speaking grandmother also wrote (and spoke) the word "receipt."
>> She said "recipe" was just an affectation.
>> Same thing for "envelope" if pronounced "awn-vell-ope."
>> And "guh-rahz."
>>
>> I still have her hand-written receipt book,
>> which contains recipts for mustard plasters
>> and spring tonics
>> and drawing salves,
>> as well as cakes and mutton.
>>
>> I've worried much about the fate of my dear relic,
>> but UMass Amherst maintains a collection of old cookbooks.
>> scua.library.umass.edu/cookbooks
>> Yay!
>> -M
>>