Originally Posted By RangerPooh And I ca agree with the joke in the original post regarding fitting your Halloween costume under/over your raincoat. Being from Ca we had "warm" halloweens, where we didn't ahve to bring our winter coast. Por DD had to wear layers under her costume. She went as Snow White to day care with long sleeves and sweatpants under her dress, and raincoat over it. During trick or treating she wore a turtle nec and tights under her Tinkerbelle dress. Let's just say that we only went to a few dors as she was cold!
Originally Posted By RangerPooh Last year our pumpkins held up until Thanksgiving thanks to the freezing temps/snow. This year no such luck. They're already moldy and caved in piles of orange blobs. They just barely made it through Halloween.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 ^^I am sorry to hear of your flooding problems. My daughter lives in Renton and has been calling me daily with complaints. Her house is okay but her car fills with water. Hope you enter a drying trend. As to your original post: You had me with #11 as my daughter is always correcting my pronunciation of Washington places. (Even Moscow, ID)"It's mos co; Not the capital of Russia!" But I got hysterical at #30 since that is exactly what I intend to do. Forward the list to her. (I am up there several months of the year.) Where's Kala? Figured she would have chimed in here.
Originally Posted By JazzCat Ugh. Before we got on the national "do not call" list people were constantly saying "Ya-KEE-ma" or "Ya-KI-ma" with a long I. For anyone who doesn't know how to pronounce it, it's "YAK-ima".
Originally Posted By officerminnie JazzCat, I'm gonna get really picky here because I am curious after 50 years of living in WA. I hear it pronounced YAK-i-maw and YAK-i-muh. Which is correct? (or have I even adequately differentiated between the two sounds?)
Originally Posted By officerminnie And thanks, everyone,for your empathy on my "situation". It's gotten pretty well dried out and the smell is waning. I'm going to actually steam-clean the carpet today with anti-bacterial stuff, so that should help.
Originally Posted By JazzCat I've always pronounced it YAK-i-maw, but I think either way is correct since they sound quite similar. If I'm being lazy or talking to someone who knows how it's pronounced, I'll say YAK-i-muh. And I'm so glad to know you guys are finally drying out a bit! Naches (Na-CHEESE) about 15 miles west of us got flooded but Yakima didn't.
