Gordon Glasgow wrote:
>
> And a special no-prize to any non-Washingtonians who know how to pronounce
> Puyallup! One of the great amusements up here is listening to "foreigners"
>butcher
> it. Okay, so we're easily amused.
Hey, I not only know how to pronunciate it, I know hwere it is! But I cheat, I
have freinds there.
Odd that that name should show up in Washington state, though. It's really a
Southernism, used just before joining your drunken friends in going for a swim.
"Okay, all y'all fellers holt real taght onto thet rope, and I'll Puyallup!"
Mark van der Hoek
Houston (sober and dry)
--
"They that can give up essential
liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor
safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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