Farmer: Many people pronounce that February different from what I’ve always heard it pronounced: “Feberary,” “Febuary.” I don’t know how they get that kind of Uh on that U.
Patrick Cox: It’s 1960. The man being questioned is a retired farmer. The man asking the questions is a linguist. He asks the farmer question after question: about months, days, the weather, the rooms in the house, the furniture.
Interviewer: This is what?
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