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Unread 12-24-2013, 05:50 PM   #1
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Charlie: I see that I misspelled Thread but you will have to forgive me for my 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. Uff Da Thomas
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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.
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.
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