If I get smart with you....how will you know?: Why do Southerners say ‘peak-ed’ with two syllables?

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Friday, February 15, 2019

Why do Southerners say ‘peak-ed’ with two syllables?

From an article written by my friend Jackie in Mississippi! Have you ever felt sick and someone said, "You look a little peak-id?" The kind of "peaked" that means looking ill has two syllables: peek- id. Or at least it does here in the South. But why is that? After writing recently about phrases... Sign in to see full entry.

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