[Magdalen] Slaw.

Susan Hagen susanvhagen at gmail.com
Thu Mar 17 03:43:14 UTC 2016


 Wahoo Wahoo Wah!


On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Hoos" are athletes and fans of the University of Virginia. Damned if I get
> it, although S/O has patiently explained it to me. Now Badgers, or even
> Vols, I understand, but Hoos? Sorry.
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I'll agree with that, Marion. But I, like James, am from Western PA. My
>> family didn't ''red up' the house but I grew up coloring with 'cranz'. Had
>> to learn to sat 'cray - on' when I moved to Virginia.
>>
>> Esther
>>
>> On 3/16/2016 3:22 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> IN-tresting and IN-trest it is!  And WHO is indeed Hoo.  At least in my
>>> neck of the woods.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>> On 3/16/2016 2:08 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's funny how we can have these little things we never quite got.  I
>>>> thought for years that "interest" was pronounced "IN-trest" as well as
>>>> "IN-trest-ing", "IN-trest-ed" etc. And it wasn't til my wife told me that
>>>> Who isn't "Hoo".
>>>>
>>>> But then, I'm from Western PA, where, when we clean house, we say we "red
>>>> up."  And nobody knows why.
>>>>
>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>>>
>>>>
>>



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The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:34


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