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VOCABULARY OF THE NUNS

HE SAYS THAT HIS NUNS WHEN HE WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELIEVED THAT
IF HE PRONOUNCED AUNT LIKE "ANT" (LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO) THAT THEY
WOULD TAKE HIM AND STEP ON A REAL "ANT" AND SUPPOSEDLY TELL HIM THAT
IF HE DIDN'T PRONOUNCE AUNT LIKE AUNT THAT EVERYTIME HE SAID AUNT
THE WRONG WAY AND THEY WOULD STEP ON AN ANT THAT SOMETHING WOULD
HAPPEN TO HIS REAL AUNT

Where learned: REDFORD TOWNSHIP

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group

Date learned: 09-18-1969

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