For a learned account of the phenomenon on which this puzzle is based, see the Wikipedia article on “Inland Northern American English.” I was born and raised in Kansas City, where English is spoken in its purest form; and so, when fate relocated me to Chicago for awhile, my ears were often offended by wrong vowels. If you yourself use these wrong vowels, I know I can trust you to train yourself to stop.
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