I just read the line "Why don't we just spell the word raspberry like razberry?" in a reply e-mail. I'm pretty sure it's a good sign.
This semester (as you may already be aware, and if not, you are now) I have been forced into taking the course "History of the English Language," which is less of a history lesson and more of a lesson in learning a new language with strange symbols and hard to pronounce vocabulary words.
How does this relate to that sentence? ::taps foot::
Well lucky for you, I will now indulge you in a things-you-never-knew-and-will-probably-never-need-to lesson. The word "razberry" is actually eye dialect. I'd like to follow that up with an explanation, but unfortunately I haven't retained that information yet (which again, is lucky for you because my guess is that this is where you stop reading).
Tada! It's like a magic trick -- until next time.
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