Actual conversation earlier this week:
Good morning, my name is [jt].
Hello, my name is “Gee-suss.”
*stunned pause*
Should we pronounce your name “Gee-suss” or “Hey-seuss?”
In Columbia it is “Hey-seuss,” but here I think you say “Gee-suss.”
*smile*
I think we can manage “Hey-seuss.”
Okay, you are killing me. I have a very hard time believing Jesus comes from Columbia. He MUST come from Colombia!!
(And yes, I saw that you called. My phone was practically dead though, so I’m charging it now and will call after dinner!)
By: Amber on June 20, 2008
at 4:28 pm
You know, I got TOTALLY reamed out by a certain smug and snide govt bureaucrat years ago for misspelling Colombia. Reduced to a puddle of tears. F*ing ugly.
By: Jennifer S on September 3, 2009
at 1:42 pm
I know, I know…Sally schooled me over chat about this. In my defense:
- I grew up in Columbia County.
- I went to Columbia Middle School.
- One of the main drags through my part of town for 14 years was Columbia Road.
- I can still sing the “Columbia County we salute you” song I was forced to sing in elementary school to celebrate Columbia County’s bicentennial in 1990.
- I grew up 75 miles away from Columbia, SC.
Columbia is rather ingrained in my subconscious at this point.
I do know it’s Colombia though. I really do… :-)
By: jt on September 3, 2009
at 2:13 pm