May 30, 2003

May we have a word or two? Carleton County Colloquialisms.

Take, for instance, the innocuous phrase, "Good Heavens. It is very cold outside this evening." A County resident might say, "Sweet bald-headed Jesus. Is it ever some friggin' cold out tonight." Same statement, but somehow, we've added feeling . Colloquialisms are the monosodium glutamate of the English language, and like any exotic and spicy food, at first they seem as strange as the locals themselves. But to carry the metaphor further, we can also understand that learning local cuisine helps one better appreciate local culture.

Took my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was gone: The National Weather Service looks back a decade at the Great Flood of '93. Ten years ago in August, I swore I never wanted to hold or see another sandbag again.

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