Suzie, I love the saturation of color in your photos, the sheen off the dog's coat is wonderful, and the mist on the waterfall-lovely! I notice this stuff. mark I'm-a-run-of-the-mill-photog Bailey I once had a teacher call me Suzie-Q, and a friend call me Sue. Then there was Sui in high school, but...

Since it was Skinny who recently suggested this word his real name must be Daniel Figueroa
mark nice-ta-meetcha Bailey

Go figuer!

Suzzane, I love your owl and also the waterfall photo!

Thanks so much!

I must say I had a good laugh at your quip "Just in case Daniel Figueroa is not a figment of my imagination".

Also, I always look forward to the In Play section people's names to see if I can figure them out or not.

You are making me hungry, Palewriter! The best BBQ in the south (my opinion) is right next door to me. No joke. The smell gets you on the weekends (which is when they are open).

Putting in my 2 cents (a little late perhaps), BBQ is chicken or pork and served with BBQ sauce. Steak is grilled.

Yonder is used frequently here, and since my grandparents were farmers all their lives, I do know how much a "mess" is.

It told me I was from the Midwest, perhaps Pennsylvania. Funny because I am a "born and raised" Floridian and have never been to PA.

On 2nd notice, I took the Floridian test #1 and it says I am pure. Also, my husband took the accent test and it said he must be from Florida! lol

Gailr, that's what I thought. I cannot imagine myself saying, "He really likes to lard his stories," without picturing "him" smearing it with animal fat.

Stargzr, funny joke!

"The history of Sicily was larded with treachery" (Mario Puzo).

So that's where all the Pork is? Went?

mark not-a-porcine-fan Bailey

LOL!

Here's a word I hadn't thought of past the cooking aspect. Dictionary.com has it has a noun and a verb with some very interesting meanings. I had never heard of "embellish" as a synonym of "lard", nor had I thought to use it as a verb. Surprising, since I am from the south. Plus,...

In central NC where I was raised it was simply a drink [drank] as opposed to a "hard drink". A drink could be a Co-Cola, a Little Orange, a Big Orange (Neehi), a Pepsi, RC Cola (very popular down south). I never heard "coke" until I came north--well, except in movies and on radi...

Thank you so much for the link. No wonder pop seems right for me. It's at 100% in all the places I've lived as an Adult, my Southern childhood is shrouded in the mists of time, so it can be discounted, I never drank cokes anyway. mark no-pop-anymore-either Bailey I had a friend whose mother always ...

The eternal debate...My father sent me this link. It is proof positive that where I live it is a "Coke".

http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html

My score was 66% Southern. I think my score would differ though following an afternoon in the presence of my relatives. :lol: My biggest southernism, which was not on the list, is "pilla" instead of pillow, or "winda" instead of "window". My husband would attest to my i...

-Ah! a prescriptivist in our midst,
-it is Bob's sled we are talking about, of course.
-I feel if it conveys its intended meaning it's just fine.
-I kinda like the way it's written. [so there ]

mark more-Laissez-faire-in-my-editing Bailey

Now there's a name I have not been called yet!

Actually, the editor in me wanted a comma after the word sled and the word hills but hey, some might not like commas. A sled, usually a small toy for sliding down hills, though a bobsled can accommodate 4 or more people. mark comma-rich-text Bailey I get the idea, but the grammar is still off. Try:...