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Originally Posted by Thomas L. Benson Sr.
Charlie: Norwiegen starts to take over. I learned that from my dad. the measurement thirty three and a third was pronounced tirty tree and a tird.
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I have heard that accent growing up. My grandfather came here to the USA from Sweden at the age 16 who could not utter a single word of English. Swedes could not pronounce the letters TH either...
"Okay tden" was something he would commonly say when finishing a conversation.