“The quantity of consonants in the English language is constant. If omitted in one place, they turn up in another. When a Bostonian ‘pahks’ his ‘cah’, the lost ‘r’s migrate to the southwest, causing a Texan to ‘warsh’ his car and invest in ‘erl wells’.”
~ Unknown Author, Voxy Blog‘s 25 Comical Quotes about the Confusing English Language
That’s funny, Grace! Reminds me of a line from the movie Jaws:
“They’re in the “yahd”, not too “fah” from the “cah”. “