Comments on: Who Is My Neighbor? http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: July 2007 « M. J. Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/comment-page-1/#comment-37847 July 2007 « M. J. Maddox Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:46:35 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/#comment-37847 [...] State: Changing Perceptions Change Language * 29: Less is More When it Comes to “Unique” * 28: Who Is My Neighbor? * 26: Orwell: Timeless Guidelines for Writers * 24: Folks versus People * 24: English Spelling is [...] [...] State: Changing Perceptions Change Language * 29: Less is More When it Comes to “Unique” * 28: Who Is My Neighbor? * 26: Orwell: Timeless Guidelines for Writers * 24: Folks versus People * 24: English Spelling is [...]

]]> By: Eamonn Michael Keane http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Eamonn Michael Keane Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:14:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/#comment-727 My wife was born in Louisiana. She has some strong feelings about the pronunciations of some words and phrases common in the South. To great humor, she corrected me that the "pee can" was something kept under the bed, and probably for use in the middle of the night way back in the day. My wife was born in Louisiana. She has some strong feelings about the pronunciations of some words and phrases common in the South. To great humor, she corrected me that the “pee can” was something kept under the bed, and probably for use in the middle of the night way back in the day.

]]> By: Chad http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Chad Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:03:04 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/#comment-683 This actually made me laugh - literally out loud - which is great, except I am at work and people are now looking at me funny. I had an experience this weekend which highlights this perfectly. My brother and I live in Missouri. We are stuck in the middle of the vocabulary "state lines." I said something about pecan /pee can/pie, amazingly enough, at Dairy Queen. He asked me what I was talking about. When I changed it to /pe cahn/ pie, he said, "Oh, that sounds good." Thanks for the laugh and the great tips! Chad This actually made me laugh – literally out loud – which is great, except I am at work and people are now looking at me funny. I had an experience this weekend which highlights this perfectly. My brother and I live in Missouri. We are stuck in the middle of the vocabulary “state lines.”

I said something about pecan /pee can/pie, amazingly enough, at Dairy Queen. He asked me what I was talking about. When I changed it to /pe cahn/ pie, he said, “Oh, that sounds good.”

Thanks for the laugh and the great tips!

Chad

]]> By: Scott Brunner http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Scott Brunner Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:42:17 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/#comment-650 Alabama born and reared here, and as any good Southerner knows, the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all." :-) Alabama born and reared here, and as any good Southerner knows, the plural of “y’all” is “all y’all.” :-)

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Maeve Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:03:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/who-is-my-neighbor/#comment-647 Patricia, When I was a student in England, one of my companions, a young man from Ireland, asked the waiter for "a Pepsi." When the waiter brought him a Coca-cola, I was indignant. "You asked for a Pepsi," says I. The Irishman shrugged. Apparently for him any carbonated drink was "a Pepsi." Patricia,
When I was a student in England, one of my companions, a young man from Ireland, asked the waiter for “a Pepsi.” When the waiter brought him a Coca-cola, I was indignant. “You asked for a Pepsi,” says I. The Irishman shrugged. Apparently for him any carbonated drink was “a Pepsi.”

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