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<DIV>You all know I have an opinion on every subject under the sun. I am not
from Pennsylvania, but my mother's father's family is -- from Wilkes-Barre in
fact, so I know how to pronounce it, and also all the Welsh names. I knew about
groundhog day even growing up in Wisconsin -- did anyone know there is an actual
basis to that tale, in England, although it doesn't really apply in America? We
have Amish in Wisconsin too (hex sign). I learned what a "state store" was in
Ohio. I learned about piroshki (close relative of pierogie) in California. I
learned about "sticky buns" in Ohio, from people born in West Virginia -- my
mother makes them, but simply calls them sweet rolls. I eat cold pizza, even for
breakfast, and my friends (no matter what state I live in at the time) consider
it barbaric. Scrapple I learned about reading Michener's book
<EM>Centennial,</EM> but it is sold in some stores in the DC area. Massachusetts
also is a commonwealth, and New Jersey also has townships and bouroughs. New
York City has boroughs. Don't know about some of that other stuff, must be from
Philly. (Pittsburgh and Philly have historically been about as unlike as Philly
and Ohio). Let's see, is there a point to all this? I suppose, each state has
different patterns, but they all seem to be made out of the same collection of
pieces.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sun, 21 May 2006 17:46:26 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>My husband Martin says
it's all true and copied and sent it to his parents!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>What a funny place to be
from. I don't know how to pronounce any of those names except the
<STRONG><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=4>Monongahela</FONT></STRONG>
River. My husband said that plenty of times because the Steelers
used to play at Three Rivers' Stadium and one of those three rivers is the
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size=4>Monongahela.</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
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