Hoots, mon, there's a Groose loose aboot this hoose!!
Fair gars ye grue, that does!!
The Wee M'Greegor
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From: "Bob Grumman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 9:59 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: William Cowper
> Mine is GRUH mon, rhymes with "summon"--for me. Some Grummans pronounce
> "man" maahn, which makes more sense than my pronunciation. A lot of
> people pronounce it GROO man, and I never correct them. The chanted
> version is always GROO MAAHN, GROO MAHN, and believe it or not it was
> common when I was a high school substitute teacher! I was so famous for
> my inability to control classes that the kids' faces lit up when they
> saw me coming, and the chant started, minus the kids running to me
> yelling "Who yuh in for, who yuh in for!"
>
> Thanks much for the interest.
>
> --Bob
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