Comments on: Hooked on Phonics

By: Cupcakes & Horses

Cupcakes & Horses — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:00:45 +0000

[...] Mose-e-ack jello a.k.a. mosaic jello was a special surprise for Roger Leroy. My little thank you for taking Scary Baby horseback riding. [...]

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:48:59 +0000

these are great!

By: julieann

julieann — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:30:25 +0000

Okay—I am dumb. I don’t get coupon/coo-pon. So is the correct pronounciation Q-pon? The “r” in wash is definitely midwestern, sort of like chimney/chimley. And I’m sorry but some of the others are just plain southern. You cannot blame Indiana for sere-up.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:37:07 +0000

Surely EVERY family has these! LOL I can’t believe you left off
Tomato = toe-ma-toe/to-mah-to
and of course our very own southern favorite is
Ponce de Leon. ( I can’t even begin to type how we pronounce this!)
I have an uncle who once called a peninsula in FL
penin-sula instead of penah-sulah
and my husband still calls good ideas – ideals! Drives me crazy every time!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:12:54 +0000

Some from our family:

aluminum = al U min ium
Cinnamon – cim a nim (I still do this sometimes)
piano – pie ano

By: Nicki

Nicki — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:34:06 +0000

Hi Sherra! I haven’t written a comment in a long time…but Matt and I are always finding things that we each have our own words for…

Did you know:
a dragonfly is also known as a snake-doctor? who knew?
a Toboggan is a knit cap/hat and not a sled?
Whole Milk is also called sweet milk?

And our favorite verification is…”Go ask your Mom, she’ll tell ya!”

By: cousin dee

cousin dee — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:08:03 +0000

I wish you would quit blaming you Hoosier heritage, we here in Indiana are a proud bunch, don’t-ya-know. Funny you brought this up, because two weekends ago my husband asked for the Vanilla Beam ice cream, you know, just like Jim Beam whiskey. I thought my two sons were going to fall off of their chairs laughing. He really thinks that is what it is called. So now, we all ask for the Vanilla Beam flavor. I told my boys that some day they can explain to their kids why we call if Vanilla Beam and have a laugh on Dad.