>>>>>>That'll be a merkin then
>>>>>
>>>>>yes, his "fellow merkins
>>>>
>>>>I was about to be incredibly silly and ask "what in the blue-eyed heck is a 'merkin'?", but as I was repeating the sentence in my head, I got it.....
>>>>
>>>>d'OH!
>>>>
>>>>::facepalm::
>>>>
>>>>Can I go home now?
>>>
>>>Off you pop - though it IS MY home time - you're hardly into lunch yet!
>>>
>>>:-)
>>>
>>>BTW, maybe it's a "murkin" and Nick misspelt it.
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin
>
>I wasn't sure of the spelling and Dorris seemed as if she didn't recognise the word. It's difficult fo me to distinguish, being a Scouser, as "er", "ur", "air", "ir", etc are all pronounced as "iiir" :-)

In this case, 'merkin' might apply to W, and as a Republican who's waiting for my party to regain its sanity, I can say that. In the South, it would tend to be pronounced 'Ah muriken' in the sticks (with the accent on the 'mur'), in the cities, probably closer to 'Ahmerrican'. At least around here, there will be variations based on region - although those variations are starting to disappear in the cities. You have to get out into rural areas to hear regional accents anymore.

I wonder if that's true in other countries.