@ pcolli: Depends upon where you’re from. I grew up with a “paper root” (in New York’s Westchester County), my wife (from Kalamazoo—PLEASE don’t sing that song at me!) had a “paper rowt”. Now, here in Connecticut’s Naugatuck Valley for the past 25 years, I say “rowt” too…otherwise people around me would wonder why I’m delivering papers to the nutrient-harvesting anchor systems of trees.Don’t get me started on the little stream that runs behind the house I grew up in, the noise my knees now make when I stand up, or the knot in a muscle in my neck.AND to make matters worse, I tend to spell like a Brit (years of correspondence with a British pen-pall at the time I finally learned to spell).
pcolli about 10 years ago
Tut, tut…… it’s MOULD, not mold. Silly Piers.
GROG Premium Member about 10 years ago
An eternity, really.
lopaka about 10 years ago
Ahhh, England and America – two countries separated by a common language.
Tandembuzz about 10 years ago
@ pcolli: Depends upon where you’re from. I grew up with a “paper root” (in New York’s Westchester County), my wife (from Kalamazoo—PLEASE don’t sing that song at me!) had a “paper rowt”. Now, here in Connecticut’s Naugatuck Valley for the past 25 years, I say “rowt” too…otherwise people around me would wonder why I’m delivering papers to the nutrient-harvesting anchor systems of trees.Don’t get me started on the little stream that runs behind the house I grew up in, the noise my knees now make when I stand up, or the knot in a muscle in my neck.AND to make matters worse, I tend to spell like a Brit (years of correspondence with a British pen-pall at the time I finally learned to spell).
pierreandnicole about 10 years ago
I use both spellings.