The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10188   Message #68977
Posted By: Peter Fisher
07-Apr-99 - 11:28 PM
Thread Name: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
Subject: RE: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
I grew up on the East coast, where route 10 and root beer and root for the home team all sounded the same, and rhymed with roof, so I've had a hard time living half way between there and Colorado, and hearing about routes that sometimes rhyme with shouts and sometimes not, and tree roots that rhyme with puts, while still rooting for the home team (rhymes with shooting), and reshingling my roof (rhymes with Woof!). So I'm wondering where exactly is the great divide between the ooohs, the ows, and oofs?