[HPFGU-OTChatter] How to Pronounce "properly"

[Crys Meaker - Domus Ludus]

"I have been a part of the Dark Side since my fathers foul sperm hit my
mothers pitiful egg."
Draco Malfoy
Liber Severi
http://home.earthlink.net/~crysmeaker/ls/
----- Original Message -----
> >  I ought to know.  I'm a Chicagoan living in Texas <G>.
>
> See, that shows right there that there's something wrong with you. I
> didn't move here, I was *born* here, Texas was thrust upon me when I had
> no voice in the decision....you *moved* here.
>


And on days like today, I don't think I can ever take my children to see the
Mag Mile at Christmas --- we'd freeze!!!



> > Crys (who teaches her children that it is pop and NOT soda <G>)
>
> If you live in Texas, my dear, you teacheth your children *wrong.* In
> Texas we use "coke" as a eponym, a generic word for all fizzy carbonated
> drinks. If someone tells me they want a coke, I ask what kind (Dr.
> Pepper, Big Red, Coke itself, etc.). "Pop" is a popsicle or a variety of
> music. "Soda" is a wonderful confection made with ice cream.
>
> You gonna live here, you gotta speak the lingo. (If you were in the San
> Antonio area, I'd have to enlighten you about ice houses, too--that
> usage will get a San Antonio native odd stares in other parts of
> *Texas,* even.)
>
> --Amanda


We're near Houston (Sealy) and I am trying to keep us to our ROOTS!!!!!!!!!!


Pax,
Crys (<G>)