I didn't realise (or perhaps I had forgotten) that you were a
Tennessean, Walt ...
... say something in Tennesseean :-)
We had a wonderful holiday near Maryville, well when it wasn't
pi**ing with rain (or did I mention that a couple of years ago? :-)).
Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 8 Jun 2006, at 15:06, Walt Wayman wrote:
> One of the best yard equipment repair shops hereabouts had a sign
> that proclaiimed "Lawnmore repair." The owner said a lot of people
> stopped to tell him it was spelled wrong, then returned with
> lawnmowers, tillers, chainsaws, and such to be repaired. I took my
> chainsaw in once, but they wouldn't tune up the goat.
>
> My favorite was a used car lot in the town of Maryville, Tennessee,
> just up the road from where I grew up: "Murvil Otto Sells." That's
> pretty much how folks pronounced "Maryville Auto Sales," so that's
> how they spelled it.
>
> Walt
>
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