in reply to Re^2: Ever been to Perl?
in thread Ever been to Perl?
"Gebt mir den Trank; Hamlet, die Perl' ist dein"
Apart from that usage which avoids a diphtong by dropping the final vowel, I'm pretty sure that form is used in some places in Bavaria, too ;-)
The final e is dropped in composite words also, e.g. Perlmutt, Perlwein (the former containing "pearl", the latter "bubble".)
--shmem
_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ /
/\_¯/(q /
---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}
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