Paw Paw, West Virginia Superthread

[Axver]

I didn't mind Fenway Park. How many U2 fans live in Fenway Park? Which is one of the ideas behind the thread, not just general dodgyness.

U2 have PLAYED at Fenway Park, so I think that rather defeats that idea behind the thread!

(Now watch as they go and play Inaccessible Island ...)

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

 

[Gluey]

NO MEE MAWS!!!

Sounds like a mumbling donkey!

 

[Gluey]

U2 have PLAYED at Fenway Park, so I think that rather defeats that idea behind the thread!

(Now watch as they go and play Inaccessible Island ...)

That's very 'Lost', we'll have to watch out for the others

 

[Axver]

oooh, i have to quote this again...

the whole southern person/grandfather thing.....ooh!! that incenses me!!! i hate paw paw, mee maw, hee haw, all those stupid nicknames for grandparents.

Yeah, I've always thought that it sounded really stupid, so that was why I was especially surprised to see this location - it's the first thing that comes to mind, not the fruit.

And hee haw, seriously?!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Sounds like a mumbling donkey!

i know! whenever i see greeting cards under the grandparents section with the name mee maw, it seriously angers me. i guess living in the south, it's just one of those things that's really got to me! mee maw...it makes no sense! just call her grandma

 

[coolian2]

The first thing that comes to my mind is the fruit. Maybe i'm not well versed in redneck.

 

[Gluey]

i know! whenever i see greeting cards under the grandparents section with the name mee maw, it seriously angers me. i guess living in the south, it's just one of those things that's really got to me! mee maw...it makes no sense! just call her grandma

I've NEVER heard those names before It's all just wrong. We have Nana, Gran, Grandma, Pop, Grandad etc....quite normal.

 

[bono_212]

oooh, i have to quote this again...

the whole southern person/grandfather thing.....ooh!! that incenses me!!! i hate paw paw, mee maw, hee haw, all those stupid nicknames for grandparents.

i had quite a few grandparents due to my mom's parents divorcing (like before i was even born, lol) and then remarrying, so i had five grandparents. so i had to get creative. but mee maw and paw paw? no. never crossed my three year old mind. i called them grandma, grandpa, mom-mom bernie (i always added her name, dunno why), pop-pop, and granny.

NO MEE MAWS!!!

HERE HERE!

 

[Axver]

I've NEVER heard those names before It's all just wrong. We have Nana, Gran, Grandma, Pop, Grandad etc....quite normal.

I always thought "Pop" was pretty daft myself. It sounds almost like an insult!

Personally, I have Nan, Grandad, Grandma, and Grandpa.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Yeah, I've always thought that it sounded really stupid, so that was why I was especially surprised to see this location - it's the first thing that comes to mind, not the fruit.

And hee haw, seriously?!

hehe yeah, i have to admit when i think of this city (which, like lemel, i've driven past) i think of someone with a west virginian accent (gotta be a wv accent) going "paw paw." i picture huckleberry - the dog, not the literary character or the fruit

and i was kidding about the hee haw part, i always add that when i rant cuz it wouldn't surprise me if someone added that cuz it makes about as much sense as mee maw and paw paw.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I always thought "Pop" was pretty daft myself. It sounds almost like an insult!

Personally, I have Nan, Grandad, Grandma, and Grandpa.

when i think of pop, i think of the awesome album

 

[bono_212]

mom's parents were Granma and Granpa

Dad's parents are Granma Sandy and Granpa Bill

(apparently I saw granma and granpa funny so I decided to spell it the way I pronounce it)

 

[Gluey]

I always thought "Pop" was pretty daft myself. It sounds almost like an insult!

Personally, I have Nan, Grandad, Grandma, and Grandpa.

Both my grandfathers were Pop. Really suited them too. My Dad is known as Poppa. My hubby's grandfather is still alive and he's Grandad. Grandad seems a lot more formal to me after growing up with Pop.

 

[LemonMelon]

i know! whenever i see greeting cards under the grandparents section with the name mee maw, it seriously angers me. i guess living in the south, it's just one of those things that's really got to me! mee maw...it makes no sense! just call her grandma

Excepting that awkward period where I couldn't speak intelligible words for the first 6 months, the only name I've ever had that was out of the ordinary for any family member is Grammy. Other than that, just the usual stuff.

Mee-Maw pisses me off and I've never even heard anyone say that before.

 

[phanan]

KhanadaRhodes 233
phanan 136

omg i was a postwhore

Whoa.

 

[Axver]

hehe yeah, i have to admit when i think of this city (which, like lemel, i've driven past) i think of someone with a west virginian accent (gotta be a wv accent) going "paw paw." i picture huckleberry - the dog, not the literary character or the fruit

and i was kidding about the hee haw part, i always add that when i rant cuz it wouldn't surprise me if someone added that cuz it makes about as much sense as mee maw and paw paw.

Yeah, that's why I asked "seriously?!", since it seems like something somebody in the South would actually do. "Aww shit, our parents have been through so many divorces, what's little Jim-Bob going to call his new grandpa?" "How's about Hee Haw?" "Yeah, that's good thinkg Billy Ray!"

 

[coolian2]

Brb, lunch to heat up.

 

[phanan]

U2 have PLAYED at Fenway Park, so I think that rather defeats that idea behind the thread!

(Now watch as they go and play Inaccessible Island ...)

Huh? They've never played at Fenway Park.

 

[Axver]

Both my grandfathers were Pop. Really suited them too. My Dad is known as Poppa. My hubby's grandfather is still alive and he's Grandad. Grandad seems a lot more formal to me after growing up with Pop.

When I was first learning to talk, Grandad was Da or Dada, but that quickly became Grandad once I could pronounce it. I've always preferred it - for whatever reason, in my mind, it only gets more formal if you spell it Granddad.

 

[bono_212]

Did Phanan just QUESTION Ax?

 

[phanan]

Axver do you know of a good prog rock forum?

I don't know how good it is, but progarchives.com seems to generate a lot of interest.

 

[phanan]

Did Phanan just QUESTION Ax?

phanan just pwned him.

 

[Axver]

Huh? They've never played at Fenway Park.

Oh, I thought they had. But now that I think about it, I was just thinking of all those rumours around the time of the Vertigo Tour about how "OMG U2 WILL PLAY FENWAY!!!"

 

[Axver]

Did Phanan just QUESTION Ax?

I don't think I ever claimed to be a venues expert. That can be Ian, who didn't call me out on the point. : passesthebuck :

 

[phanan]

Oh, I thought they had. But now that I think about it, I was just thinking of all those rumours around the time of the Vertigo Tour about how "OMG U2 WILL PLAY FENWAY!!!"

Yeah, it never materialized.

If it works out though, I could see it for 2009. They are the last major touring act not to hit the Fens.

 

[Axver]

I don't know how good it is, but progarchives.com seems to generate a lot of interest.

I've never really even looked there. The format of the site in general has put me off using it as a resource. It just seems clunky.

 

[Screwtape2]

I don't know how good it is, but progarchives.com seems to generate a lot of interest.

As luck would have it I'm signing up there now.

 

[bono_212]

I don't think I ever claimed to be a venues expert. That can be Ian, who didn't call me out on the point. : passesthebuck :

I was just kidding I swear

 

[phanan]

I've never really even looked there. The format of the site in general has put me off using it as a resource. It just seems clunky.

Yeah, I think the site looks awful. Someone get them a web designer.

But a glance at the forums shows a ton of posts, so who knows.