Venella(vanilla) nightmere(nightmare)

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aashbaugh1
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Venella(vanilla) nightmere(nightmare)

Postby aashbaugh1 » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:54 pm

Does anyone else say venella instead of vanilla.... or nightmere instead of nightmare?

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Re: Venella(vanilla) nightmere(nightmare)

Postby sluggo » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:48 pm

Does anyone else say venella instead of vanilla.... or nightmere instead of nightmare?
If I remember correctly, Ella says vanella (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", 1956(?))
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Venella and nightmere

Postby MamaKitty » Tue May 09, 2006 9:25 am

Guilty as charged. Just had never thought about it.
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