Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[bibliophile birds]

i once got into a HUGE fight with my friend (who's from Texas) about where i live: she swears, to this day, that i live in a-puh-LAY-sha when i most certainly live in a-puh-"LATCH"-ah.

As if the varying boundaries weren't enough, there is no fundamental agreement even about how to pronounce the word "Appalachia." Residents of southern and central Appalachia pronounce the term with a short -a- in the stressed third syllable; further north, the same -a- is given a long pronunciation, as in "Appal-achia." Most of the experts and bureaucrats who came from Washington and elsewhere to fix the region's problems beginning in the 1960s adopted the northern pronunciation, while resident experts favor the southern-- which led to a situation, according to one commentator, wherein "people who said AppaLAYchia were perceived as outsiders who didn't know what they were talking about but were more than willing to tell people from the mountains what to do and how they should do it."

 

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You wouldn't believe the number of arguments I have with people over HOW TO PRONOUNCE MY NAME!!!!

 

[Blackbird]

You wouldn't believe the number of arguments I have with people over HOW TO PRONOUNCE MY NAME!!!!

Mo-neek?

a-puh-"LATCH"-ah? Never heard of it. Hehe.

 

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Yup, but it is Ma-NIK to Northern Frenchies. Ick. You should see how people butcher my last name, then argue with me on how it is supposed to be pronounced. Sheesh!

Do you get that, too, Mer-lay?

 

[Farmfresh]

Where I live it is sometimes "Missour- ah" and sometimes "Miss-ur-ee", but when it is 102 with 95 percent humidity or 27 below zero windchill and covered with ice it it pretty much called "Misery" ... no matter what part of the state you live it!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Your squash is wearing a thong!!!!


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Please pull that dead leaf off and take another picture....pretty please?

this is all i have to say:
http://adventuresinthegoodland.blogspot.com/2010/08/pepper-gives-monster-squash-piece-of.html

golly i guess a lot goes on after i go to bed.. all you nite owls keepin' the party going! whoot!

BlackB - how funny you should say that about the MIL and the mean french lady. they are probably one in the same.

i knew it would go badly the first time the MIL came to visit and we all sat down to dinner. she growled when i plated my man's food and handed it to him.. and when i got up to get him another drink she screamed: "DONT YOU GET THAT FOR HIM! HIS LEGS ARENT BROKEN!"

hey! maybe she can go and live in franceland with that mean lady! what a great idea!!!! ha!
;-)

is it skr8pn who has the o-hi-uh pronunciation?? we get it both ways around here.

thanks lala, and he's about had it with her too. the problem is he's the only kid. and he is a good person so he wants to do the right thing. but his last good nerve has been worn down too.

oh well. i guess i'll just do what i always do... let the mocking begin!

 

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So within a mere three inches of typing, you go from butt-squash to a day of beans.....something Freudian going on here?

 

[framing fowl]

I can just picture him saying "Bad Cheese". That IS the sweetest thing ever. I have to keep reminding myself that I am my MIL's favorite DIL... because I'm the only one she's got!

 

[Dace]

OK,, maybe I am dense (no doubt) but I see that the squash is having a problem with it's back end, but I don't see the thong.

Your garden pics are great OFG, sunfowers are my absolute fave....they just make everything happy

Free, if you think people have trouble with YOUR name, imagine walking 42 yrs in my zappatos

Explaining my name lost it's novelty... oh, about 4th grade

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Folks mispronounce my name all the time, that's why I started going by T in college. Tab-i-tha, Ta-beth-ah, Ta-bab-a-tha (wth??)

Its frickin easy! Tabatha - Tah-Bah-Thah.

OFG, that is beautiful! Bad Cheese!! I love it

And I'm totally going to read the enthralling tale of Plucked, Baked & Boiled: From Yard to Enchiladas & Broth to my girls tonight.