Let's not forget that Houston would still be speaking Mayan/Spanish were it
not for us "true" southerners, still flying the Stars and Bars above our
State House. (Not that it's the proper thing to do in 2000...).
BP - '69 2000
Columbia SC
Brian L Patton
Material Movement
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark [SMTP:captainhoek@postmark.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:04 AM
> Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Puyallup!
>
>
>
> 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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