[GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] Punkin Center

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Well, what does "Punkin" signify? Was it NAMED by "some hick who didn't
know how to speak?" Or is it the the name of the family that first moved
there? Or is it just the name of the place for no reasons anybody knows?

There is a highway exit in Virginia called Powhattish. I am informed by
an elderly friend in the DC area that in her childhood, families
travelling from homes in the north to visit relatives in the south looked
at the signs and pronounced it "po' white trash."

Siarlys

P.S. If its in Arizona, why haven't you been there since childhood?

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:05:09 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:
> I have been through Punkin Center MANY times in my childhood!  We 
> used to 
> drive through it when we went to Roosevelt Lake.
> Jeanene
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > Punkin Center
> >
> > I called 411 last week so I could make a reservation at
> > Punkin Center Lodge in Punkin Center, Arizona. I told the
> > operator what I was looking for and asked for the number.
> > The operator replied, "I'm sorry, sir, but there is nothing
> > under 'Punkin Center.'"
> >
> > I replied, "Yes, there is. I was up at the lake last week
> > and saw it."
> >
> > He countered, "No, there isn't."
> >
> > I caught on and asked, "How are you spelling 'Punkin'?"
> >
> > He replied, "Just like the food you eat, P-U-M-P-K-I-N."
> >
> > "Oh, no. Punkin. P-U-N-K-I-N," I said.
> >
> > "Ooooooohhhh," he said. "I just thought you were some hick
> > who didn't know how to speak." 
> 
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