In this valley the temperatures can go from very warm, even hot, to chilling winter cold. I can't believe that it was 45 degrees today. That is absolutely ridiculous for June 6th!
People tend to swear quite a bit here. It must be part of the small town culture or something, or maybe it's because I am coming from BYU. I've been around people who swear frequently before and it really doesn't bother me a ton (aside from the f-word and the profane use of the name of God), but generally they have been part of a different crowd. Here, those you would expect would be less likely to swear proudly - swear unabashedly - as if it is essential to salt and pepper your speech with explitives for added emphasis.
I've decided bad traffic exists everywhere, that's just a relative term!
In some places, besides Country Music Television, it is dang cool to be a cowboy, to talk about steel toe boots, Stetsin hats, and wrangler jeans.
I've made grammatical errors all my life. It is "we was" and "I seen". Why didn't anyone tell me this before? You may think, 'Come on, nobody really talks like that.' Oh, yes they do. I'm talking professionals, like nurses and social workers. It's kinda fun, actually.
Snapshots of Life
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
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3 comments:
Glad you are enjoying your new locale.
P.S. Thanks for the wishes! Meant a lot.
I drove through there yesterday on my way to Preston, Idaho for the funeral. I thought about you and was really sad that I couldn't stop and bask in your friendship for a while.
A lot of my cousins are from around those parts and I am pleased to tell you that most of them keep their words clean...at least most of the time. :)
Thanks for being a strength even when you don't know it!!
Love you!!
It's funny, I was just talking to someone about how my own speech has been more... hmm... flavorful recently. I need to knock it off, but I came from a town that was just that country and sometimes my roots really get to me. ;)
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