Totally Clueless

[v-girl]

I didn't know how to say the sign of the cross in English until Kindergarten CCD class when the teacher re-taught it to me in English. We were not raised bilingual, but only mom was catholic so she just taught us to say it in Spanish. My kids get a kick out of it.

[diggitydot]

I didn't know how to say the sign of the cross in English until Kindergarten CCD class when the teacher re-taught it to me in English. We were not raised bilingual, but only mom was catholic so she just taught us to say it in Spanish. My kids get a kick out of it.

That is really sweet.

[Thirteen]

DH: "I was thinking I could take toddler DS with me *alone* to CA on my weekend trip in January [strictly to visit my ailing grandmother who lives in a SNF, even though I am super afraid of him touching anything and getting super sick]. What do you think?"

Me: "...Hahahahahahaha!"

[SoonerTexan]

Oh no! Do it. It will be an educational experience for him...

[HouseofWool]

That's kinda what I was thinking. Let P have the pleasure of a trip with a toddler. I personally am getting palpitations just thinking about it, but hey!

[MrsK]

When I was a child, I wondered how the little flashing arrow light on the dashboard knew which way the driver was about to turn the car.

[alison]

Different pronunciations in Chicago. Roosevelt is Roose-e-velt there. And every year in my neighborhood there were signs for the "Woogms Parade," which dh and I called "wugums." .

[Deebs]

How do other people say Roosevelt?

[alison]

Rose-e-velt.

[poky]

Rose-e-velt.

That's how I've mostly heard it, and that's how the narrator and one of the talking heads JUST said it, too (I'm watching Ken Burns' National Parks series right now)

[poky]

That's how I've mostly heard it, and that's how the narrator and one of the talking heads JUST said it, too (I'm watching Ken Burns' National Parks series right now)

Proof! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPhG3Q6r_-M

[alison]

. Yeah, I'd never heard it pronounced Roose until I lived in Chicago. It sounded so funny to me, and I never got used to it. There is a subway station, a street, and a college in Chicago--all named ROOsevelt. Made me laugh everytime I heard it. And whenever I'd say it the way I knew it, people would correct me and say "you mean ROOsevelt--try it. Like rooster..."

[poky]

. Yeah, I'd never heard it pronounced Roose until I lived in Chicago. It sounded so funny to me, and I never got used to it. There is a subway station, a street, and a college in Chicago--all named ROOsevelt. Made me laugh everytime I heard it. And whenever I'd say it the way I knew it, people would correct me and say "you mean ROOsevelt--try it. Like rooster..."

Nice!

There's a street and a school that I lived near here called "monticello" - pronounced "mon te sell o"

[alison]

That's as bad as Bellevue.

[Deebs]

Well, now I have a glint of why people think I have a Chicago accent.