Car of the day:
So for today:
We are overnighting near the town of Yemassee. We always pronounce it ye-MASS-see.
But it seems the locals pronounce it YeMuh-SEE.
As
a Southerner I even murder southern ‘tawk!’
I
mispronounced Biloxi, Novinger, Rutherfordton and many others as we moved around the
country.
We had a sweet older friend Lucille Arrowood. She pronounced her last name, ‘R’ wood (ARE-wood).
A sweet young lady once told her in our presence, “You know that our name is
ARROW-WOOD don’t you?”
“I don’t need nobody telling me how to say my name, it’s been ARE-wood
all my life and at 80 I ain’t about to change.”
Incase
you have never been in this area, we are about 30-40 miles from Parris Island. You have heard of that pleasure island,
right?
I enjoyed a couple months’ vacation there once at government
expense. It was my first vacation away
from home on my own. :-O ……Wonderful exciting place. ;) J
In the morning we will drive 5-6 hours to Eustis, FL for 3 weeks
Have you ever been embarrassed about pronunciation?
Nite Shipslog
PS: I appreciate your time.. Makes us feel good to know you were here,….
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3 comments:
I have difficulty pronouncing my name. So I have shortened it to Vic.
God bless.
Growing up in New Mexico, we used to get a kick out of visitors' attempts to pronounce names of some of the towns -- Tesuque, for instance. Or, like my new car, Taos.
The only time I recall being really embarrassed happened in my 15th (or 16th) year -- there, in front of all my friends, I pointed at a new Grand Prix and pronounced it, well ... the way it was written. Oops!
Doesn't really apply here, but there's a meme going around FB that I like: "Never make fun of someone who mispronounces a word. It means they learned it by reading."
My brother Carl got to vacation at that pleasure island when he joined the marines. Safe travels! ❤️ Sheila
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