[78-L] Pronounciations and Odd Label Misspellings: Deep Ellum Blues

[Gregg Kimball]

> What did people get water out of:  tap, spout or spigot?

I got mine from the faucet.

Being a New Englander, I had to re-learn many words the Virginia way. 
Staunton is STAN-ton here.  Buchanan is BUCK-an-on, and Buena Vista . . . 
well, I'm not even sure how to write that out. There is also a really 
interesting Richmond-Tidewater accent, especially among the FFVs, that 
pronounces words like house something like: HOOS.

This also reminds me of some of the famous mis-hearings = misspellings on 
labels: "Far In the Mountain" for "Fire on the Mountain" and "Green 
Mountain Poker" for "Green Mountain Polka," which is not a polka, but that's 
another story.  Clearly on "Fire" someone couldn't quite figure out what a 
Texas boy was saying!

Gregg