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Subject: Re: [APG] Soda vs Pop, and other terms
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:09:17 -0600
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Carolyn wrote:
> I can tell you this for sure, I'm not a "true" southerner (raised
> military),
> but under no circumstances would I EVER carry water in a pail from a brook
> <G>. I'd take my bucket down to the creek to get that water. And then I'd
> probably WARSH something with it, possibly using a warshrag.

Growing up on a farm in the Mississippi Delta, across the river from
Carolyn's great state (the one we used to refer to as TGFA--Thank God for
Arkansas :), I was a long way from a creek and the only crick around was the
one I got in my neck from carrying the bucket of water I'd just pumped from
the artesian well.

And, yes, I did *carry* it. I didn't *tote* it, like folks in Northeastern
Alabama. But never, in the Mississippi Delta, did I *warsh* something, not
even when I used a wash tub and a rub-board. In case anybody's interested, I
also used that old galvenized wash tub for a cooler on hot days, but I
didn't fill it with bottles of pop or soda. I put it under the pump, filled
it with water from the well (water, not warter), and then lolled in it with
my pet duck.

Elizabeth

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