Pronunciation?

Illinois, castle, Kissimmee; Forked River, how do you say it?
Hubby chose tonight’s topic since he thinks our language confuses many with words that do not logically come-by pronouncing that easily.
Many we still hear say Illinois with saying the, ‘S’ that should be silent which is the correct way. Hubby thinks that a foreigner may find the word ‘castle’ difficult to say because in his logic it should actually be pronounced cast-el, also wrong it is cas-sel. Kissimmee, here in Florida, many find difficult to say correctly and to be honest until we moved here permanently in 1986 I do believe we were guilty of saying Kiss-a-me instead of Kiss-sim-me!
This last one logically is not that public since it is in an area from where we used to live, in good ole NJ, Forked River is part of Lacey Township which encompasses three towns, Lanoka Harbor, Forked River and Bamber Lake where we did actually live. Everyone that passed through though thought that Fork-ed River was pronounced Forked River,( no way to tell by its spelling either) but in reality it was named for two rivers which intersected there the Fork and the Ed thus the name Fork-ed River but spelled Forked River, got that? And really that is no one's fault for that mispronunciation. See confusion is pretty much universal for this I am more than sure.

I hope that cleared up some questions if any of you were wondering, probably not though, huh?
Don’t blame me since this was Hubby’s topic choice.
I keep telling him to start his own blog.
Way back when, at one time; he did write a monthly newsletter for the sheriff’s office for his north county peeps to let them know what was going on ala safety hints crime stopping etc. it was well appreciated and I was his editor, would you believe. Ha!
Any-who, town crying I guess is all in the family.

Our winter garden is showing lotsa lovely flowers on our tomato plants and two heads of cabbage have blossomed, besides oodles of wild flowers, Hubby planted more basil today in purple and green.
On a morning PBS show it said that basil and mint were two natural ways to keep mosquitoes and flies away! I know we don't get many this time of year but I thought I would pass it on for your future reference.

Last night was movie night again and I feel really awful since we have quite a few that I had forgotten to report on. Our viewing pleasure last night was two that I chose, Easy A, starring Emma Stone, Lisa Kudrow and many other familiar faces; it was cute in spite of the cursing that I am still guilty of cringing at, but the pretense was if you haven’t seen the trailers that a seventeen year old virgin tries to spice up her reputation by telling her best friend that she is dating an older college guy and that they did it, but they didn’t!
She almost confesses but this is done in the bathroom at school where another girl hears it all and it starts the chain of events…
Let your imagination go wild with that rumor mill taking hold on a high school campus!
But in the end reality check when her loose woman reputation nearly causes a serious assault on her.

The second movie we watched was also my pick and quite delightful, Percy Jackson and the Lightening Bolt Thief, Logan Lorman as the title character, it is one in a series of books that is done quite well, could be the next answer to the Harry Potter withdrawal you’re all going through, and yes I do know there is one more, since I am a fan too. Adventurous and many special effects, and PG for the whole family! Good plot premise.


On those short critiques I do hope you will try to enjoy some at home fun too… yes I do know it is Super Bowl Sunday, but after this; then what? LOL!
With that wilder than I wanted to be comment I would like to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and to ask you all to kindly count those blessings and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?