On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:07:42 -0600, Omelet wrote:

In article ,
Jangchub wrote:

The end product was always
viddles.

Them's "Vittles". ;-)

Actually "victuals", but you're properly capturing the phonetics.

And "possum" is a regional variation of "opossum" across the entire
southern U.S., like "aluminium", "noo-kyu-lar" (rare in my experience, but
not unique), and so on.

As compared to "taters", "t'maters", and such, which are clearly
colloquial contractions.

Tell you what, I won't say anything about "Africker" and "Asier" if no one
picks on my "taters".