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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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figmentfan423 said:
I've noticed several distinct accents traveling through PA. Down by Gettysburg southern was the shocker as was grits served with everything, German around Lancaster even in the city which I wasn't expecting, midwesternish along the Ohio border. joisey has 2 North Joisey and South Joisey
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Yes, I was shocked as well when we moved to this part of PA that the accents were Southernish.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
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John park hopper said:
On the contrary we have excellent Healthcare in the greater Charleston area equal to any hospital in the north east --hospitals such as MUSC, Roper Saint Francis, East Cooper Hospital. I have had several procedures done at these hospitals and received excellent care. I would not let the be a concern IMO it is unfounded
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I'm in Baltimore...our healthcare is top of the line. I have to stay here for the foreseeable future because I have a health condition where the two top places in the country for treatment are Hopkins and then I believe a hospital in Boston.

My aunt works for MUSC hence the bias.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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Songbird76 said:
Always nice to have medical professionals on speed dial!! I wish I did! How's he feeling about it now? Is it still bothering him? I guess it's probably lucky it's not the big toe....that one gets more pressure, I'd think. The middle toes are more protected. A's wasn't swollen at all when he broke his. He slipped and rammed it against a bookcase. But because he cries about EVERYTHING (or used to, anyway) we couldn't tell if it was something more serious or just a stubbed toe. He wouldn't stand up, but he always did that when he fell. But for the rest of the day, he crawled everywhere, and we were supposed to go to a birthday party for E's Godmother that evening, so we took him to urgent care and the doctor looked at it, but couldn't tell if it was just sprained or if it was broken. She gave us a referral for an X-ray if it kept bothering him. We left him with Oma and Opa for the evening while we went to the party, but they called us shortly thereafter to take him for the X-ray because he couldn't sleep. Sure enough, it was broken. I felt sooooo bad. We had just assumed he was exaggerating like always. I felt like the worst mother ever to not take it seriously and ended up making him suffer. :(
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T is doing much better, thanks! Swelling is completely down, he went swimming yesterday afternoon.. though at a neighbor’s house, not the club, and no running around the pool. Amazingly, the nail still has blood under it, but did not come all the way off! He’s not attending any soccer training this week, but he will go to baseball.. I don’t think he should be kicking with his foot.


I’m sorry to hear about your son. Don’t feel too guilty though, we all make those mistakes!!

I’ve done 2, both will never be lived down, as my son is fond of bringing them up, OFTEN.

1. He says he remembers this, but I don’t even see how.. yet he can describe most of the situation. He was 4, I took his training wheels off, he was scared, but I told him to go... went down a small hill in the grass. Let go of the peddles, and eventually fell, crying. I told him to get up, he’s “ in grass, it doesn’t hurt, come try it again.. you’ll get it!”
He continued to cry... I told him to get up..still crying.. I walk over to him, annoyed. Then I see that his ankle is stuck in the peddle.
Omg I had the worst feeling of guilt and panic. I tried to comfort him, couldn’t remove the ankle, and had to run to garage for a screw driver, telling him not to move. I was so fearful that his ankle was broken. I couldn’t do it alone, called a neighbor for help... finally removed it, badly bruised and indented, but luckily not broken!!!
Total mom fail. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️


2. Red River Gorge. Was complaining that his ears hurt.. I thought he was just whining, not really anything serious.. so we continued to hike to a high altitude..at that point he started sobbing, then I knew something was wrong. We weren’t anywhere near the car. Perforated ear drum. I still feel terrible about it.

He likes to remind me of these 2 failures, at any random time.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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John park hopper said:
My three boys were born and raised in a small town on the coast of SC and all address their elders as sir and ma'am if they don't know them and if they know them Mr (first name) and Miss(first name) --Bless your heart hear it often
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That was something that I had to get used to when I got here. My first name is Russ so everyone from every age called me Mr. Russ. I found it quite endearing once I got used to it. Especially with small children, but I didn't mind it with grownups either. Having spent time in the military Sir and Ma'am were well stamped in whatever brain compartment is used to know what to say.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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ajrwdwgirl said:
Even in my state there are some different accents. I find that my friends from the eastern and southern part of Wisconsin tend to have a higher pitch and screech to some vowels and draw out some consonants. In my area we sound more Minnesotan/Fargoish. Hubs and I were watching Padma Lakshmi's new food show on Hulu and she was in Milwaukee and there was one lady talking on the show and I said to hubs "Wow that lady sure has a strong Wisconsin accent." Funny how even in the same state there can be different regional accents.
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The screech comes from realizing that they live in Wisconsin and are freezing cold most of the year. ;) 😃
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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figmentfan423 said:
I've noticed several distinct accents traveling through PA. Down by Gettysburg southern was the shocker as was grits served with everything, German around Lancaster even in the city which I wasn't expecting, midwesternish along the Ohio border. joisey has 2 North Joisey and South Joisey
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Southern Penn. seems like that to me, but not real heavily. The one that surprised me was Ohio. They almost have a southern Louisiana accent.

I was raised to the age of 15 in upper New York State, so I don't know if I had an accent or not. When we moved to Vermont which really as the crow flies is no more then 8 or 9 miles away across Lake Champlain I noticed they had a distinct Vermont accent. There was Theya. Water was Watta. Yes was Aya (don't ask me why). So if some one would ask where someplace was, they might point and say ova theya! Or It's ova theya, but you can't get theya from he-ya. Or if it is north then it would be up aya. You find some of that in Maine as well.
 
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