Lemurs and Titles

[Trina]

aprilgc at i... wrote:
> 
> If you are in the U.S., you must have missed "Zoboomafoo" (probably 
> horribly misspelled), a kids show about animals. "Zoboo" is a lemur 
> (puppet) who lives with the Kratt brothers (but not on their show, 
> "Kratt's Creatures" <g>). He's very big with the young crowd (on 
PBS).

I know about it, and have even seen it a time or two, but after 
screening 3 & 1/2 kindergarten classes and happy just to get "cat, 
dog, chicken," having *lemur* thrown out at me at the end of a long 
day just blew me away. It was also the first time *any* child said 
lemur.  Remember, I am used to speech and language impaired children, 
so those who fling "lemur" at me out of the blue clear sky 
momentarily confuse me.  

In my family, no one calls anyone Uncle or Aunt.  It's simply Joey, 
Freddy, Linda, Sue, etc.  I think when we were little they were used, 
but somewhere along the line, the whole thing fell by the wayside and 
now not even our little ones do it.  

When I moved from Illinois to North Carolina I got used to being 
called "Miss Trina" and had the kids at school call me that since my 
last name is rather difficult. In fact, one little girl, after I told 
her my name was "Miss Trina" automatically added another "miss" to 
it, so I was "Miss Miss Trina" which I found utterly adorable.  But 
now that I'm a full-fledged school employee, the kids call me Ms. 
Gabbard. 

I also learned that when you live in the South the first three 
questions you are asked when you meet anyone are "What's your name? 
Where do you live (or "stay") and What church do you go to?"

Trina