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		<description><![CDATA[Words are pronounced differently in different areas of the United States. Thanks to http://www.businessinsider.com for showing us how we as Americans pronounce or label a variety of words. The map showing the words are here &#8212;  http://tinyurl.com/m3sxl6g Being from Iowa &#8230; <a href="http://wordsbybob.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/say-what-how-you-say-it-depends-where-you-live/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbybob.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6412107&#038;post=3518&#038;subd=wordsbybob&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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