Comments on: As If It Wasn’t Bad Enough

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:05:54 +0000

Native Americans sure love vowels.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:52:37 +0000

and if you visit the parks in florida, there's always ochlockonee river and topeekeegee yugnee. hipparchia´s last blog post..How long does it take for a cat to forget a mildly traumatic kittenhood incident?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:18:45 +0000

When you live in Okaloosa County on a bayou off Choctawhatchee Bay and talk about Lake Okeechobee and the Okefenokee Swamp, Winnipesaukee is not a problem. Our Congresscritter is from Chumuckla, but he belongs in Chattahoochee, at least for observation.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:46:37 +0000

I spent a good deal of my childhood in New Hampshire and Florida. Between the two, there are a few "oddities" of names to pronounce...and...gulp...spell. Lake Winnipesaukee...that was a killer to learn as a tyke. cookie jill´s last blog post..With GM's future not looking rosy....

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:38:31 +0000

That one hadn’t made the map, when I checked, but, as predicted, it is an adjustment on the San Andreas for the shifting caused by the cluster from the Gulf of California/Sea of Cortes through the Salton Sea that has been going on for a week.

Ha, child’s play, Steve. There’s a suburban town in Monroe County, New York, near Rochester, named Chili. No one outside the county would ever pronounce it the way they do. No one would even break it into two syllables the way they do. It shares no vowel sounds with the food.

Be advised that “fog, log, dog, and bog” don’t rhyme in Monroe County.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:40:40 +0000

CJ, not all of us have even heard “San Andreas Fault” pronounced… and that’s not our, um, fault. 🙂 Do you know the correct Texas English pronunciation of “Waxahachie”? how about “Nacogdoches”?

What I really want to know is whether a baby temblor has two parents.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:40:21 +0000

The baby temblor was up north just outside of San Jose. The swarm has been down in the Salton Sea area...I have bets on the Hayward Fault (up north) to pop big sometime instead of the famous San Andreas. (I heard a blowheard bimbo on the news mispronounce the the San Andreas Fault name....I thought everyone knew...) Nothing of note here in SB, however.....yet. cookie jill´s last blog post..note to the blowdried talking heads

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:23:05 +0000

I just checked the USGS site and it’s part of the Salton Sea cluster that has been going on for a week.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:17:37 +0000

Their “friends” work in the towers in LA, so they notice the swaying. They probably have video, so it has to lead.

Aside: the towers are designed to flex so they don’t break and collapse, but it doesn’t help, even when you know that, because they do sway for even minor events.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:55:53 +0000

The blowdried talking heads are getting their panties all twisted with the "breaking news" that a moderate earthquake hit in California (hello...earthquake "country"...no damages...itsy bitsy 4.3 pointer or somesuch thing. Geez. BREAKING NEWS for a baby temblor. They need to take chill pills or something.... cookie jill´s last blog post..note to the blowdried talking heads