RJ wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:07:55 -0600, Andy wrote:

A Pennsylvania abnormality of terms is if you are going to the ocean it's
called going "down the shore." I've been corrected for saying we're going
to the beach. Stranger still is, once you get "down the shore" it becomes
"who wants to go to the beach?" I don't know how long that's been goin'
on but, it's downright backwards, imho!

Ya know?

Andy

If you've ever driven on I-80 in western PA,
you'll find an exit marked; "Jersey Shore".

We often wondered how a town
some 300 miles from the Atlantic
got that name.

Anticipation of global warming no doubt.

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:30:52 -0500, cshenk wrote:

"blake murphy" wrote
cshenk wrote:

(Translation for any others, Betwixt = Between)

i seldom see or hear 'betwixt' except in the phrase 'betwixt and between.'

Area dependant likely. There's lots of southern phrases like that.

it's what makes english fun. (i suppose other languages are the same, but
i wouldn't know.)

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:47:50 -0800, sf wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:49:42 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:

George wrote:

I say "puh-cahns" too, but I ain't from Texas. Only time I hear them
pronounced as "pee-cans" is on tv.

Well, we all can't be Texans, you have our sympathies. G

Who says we can't all be Texans? It's not like Texas is running out of empty
space. :-)

A lot of people look at it this way: there's a lot of empty space in
Texas for a reason.

thank god we were able to send a couple texas émigrés back to texas.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:39:00 -0500, cshenk wrote:

Snicker, got it. When I think of my childhood speak, it tends to
come out. Not so much in written communication since I got told not
to use 'betwixt' in a technical document but if you look for it,
there's a southernized use of word patterns.

(Translation for any others, Betwixt = Between)

i seldom see or hear 'betwixt' except in the phrase 'betwixt and
between.'

Next time "Serenity" is on, watch it. You'll never think of "betwixt" in
the same way again.

J. Clarke wrote:
blake murphy wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:39:00 -0500, cshenk wrote:

Snicker, got it. When I think of my childhood speak, it tends to
come out. Not so much in written communication since I got told not
to use 'betwixt' in a technical document but if you look for it,
there's a southernized use of word patterns.

(Translation for any others, Betwixt = Between)

i seldom see or hear 'betwixt' except in the phrase 'betwixt and
between.'

Next time "Serenity" is on, watch it. You'll never think of
"betwixt" in the same way again.

LOL!!!!

--
Dave
What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before
you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan