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Subject: Re: Exer name for female
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: February 15, 2007 at 8:54:01 PM
Reply to: Exer name for female by mlassi65
Exer is probably a variation of the Old Testament name Achsah. In a rural Southern accent, the first vowel could easily change to "eh" and the -ah ending could become "er", just as words like "banana" and "Rebecca" sometimes become "bananer" and "Rebecker" in those accents.

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