Quote:
Originally Posted by DixieGal
I get it! Furfox!!
My sister-in-law from Arizona via Chicago, back when they first moved to Ala, waaaaaay out in the piney woods, well, a strange man came to the door and said he was from the "far company."
She, being home alone, was naturally perturbed and thought he meant "fire company" and that she was in danger of burning up out there in the woods.
Actually, what he said is that he was from the "par company" and was there to read her electric meter.
|
When I first moved to the east coast from Chicago, people in my office kept giving me a hard time about my "accent"! At the time, there was the Saturday Night Live skit about "Da Bears" which everbody thought was a good example of how Chicagoans talked!! I thought they were all crazy (SNL was on way to late for a moring person like myself) until a guy from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan started working with us. He called himself a "Yuper" and I could barely understand him. He would say things like, "aboot" (about), and, "alawn" (alone)! Now, my family informs me my "Chicago" only comes out when I'm really angry or yelling at the kids to get there chores done!!
Kaz