On Mon, 26 May 2008 22:25:41 -0400, "kilikini"
fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
On Mon, 26 May 2008 10:25:34 -0400, Nina
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

Second way, like your coworker, and not a silly question at all! The
funny thing is that I've known loads of N(ee)na and no N(eye)nas at
all, so maybe it's regional?

Or generational? My great-aunt (born in 1892) was a Nina, pronounced
with a long "i." Born in Iowa, moved to AZ when AZ was still a
territory, so I doubt it's regional. shrug

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

I just found your great aunt Nina - she was a twin to Neva! I just found
that today. :~)

Jeez, Louise, you're fast! (If anyone wants a crackerjack genealogy
researcher, contact this girl!)

Family story: My grandmother, Neva, loved to play school with some of
the neighborhood children (she actually taught school as an adult, 6
grades in a one room schoolhouse in Rodeo, NM, when NM was still a
territory) and my great-grandfather let them use the "hay mow"
(whatever that is) for their "schoolroom" (this was before they
emigrated from Iowa to NM about 1908). One morning the family arose to
find "CHIT" written on the side of the barn and my grandmother was
determined to find out who did it. When she had her "classroom"
assembled, she gave a spelling test, one of which words was "sh*t"
and my Aunt Nina was the only one who spelled it with a "C."

I really gotta start writing this stuff down.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

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