tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post8272369491652928841..comments2024-01-09T02:22:47.782-08:00Comments on Sometimes I'm Actually Coherent: The Perils of Letting Southerners Teach PhonicsTimothy Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081922327870257027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post-38884169460530872492008-10-16T22:04:00.000-07:002008-10-16T22:04:00.000-07:00You know the one that gets me?My wife can never ke...You know the one that gets me?<BR/><BR/>My wife can never keep straight the difference between "Calvary" (the place where Jesus died) and "Cavalry" (guys riding around on horses).<BR/><BR/>I get weird images in my head when she says, "Here comes the Calvary!"Timothy Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06081922327870257027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post-682836791156457462008-10-14T08:56:00.000-07:002008-10-14T08:56:00.000-07:00Too funny! I grew up in New England and my DH is f...Too funny! I grew up in New England and my DH is from near Philly. While neither of us has a particularly strong accent, there are certain words we each pronounce just differently enough to result in arguments over the "proper" way to say them. <BR/><BR/>For example: my DH pronounces the name of his sister Erin and my cousin Aaron the same, while I pronounce them differently. He also pronounces "Mary", "marry", and "merry" the same, while I again pronounce each differently. He also pronounces "aunt" like "ant" (shudder) while I pronounce it to rhyme with "haunt" or "gaunt".Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post-24320484618613395172008-10-14T07:10:00.000-07:002008-10-14T07:10:00.000-07:00I've never lived in the South, and I say sānk, tān...I've never lived in the South, and I say sānk, tānk, bānk, dānk, and thānk, as well as theeenk.<BR/>I side with your wife.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03698200905387075055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post-38656344669887718612008-10-12T19:06:00.000-07:002008-10-12T19:06:00.000-07:00Dearest Timothy,You can look this up in all of the...Dearest Timothy,<BR/><BR/>You can look this up in all of the new-fangled Yankee-inpired resources you want, but I'm siding with Tonya.<BR/><BR/>The more syllables, the better.<BR/><BR/>Night, ya'll!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689696553344622991noreply@blogger.com