Just So You Know. . .

Note: the quotation marks are only to help you pronounce the words the way we were doing it in our heads.

Many years ago, when Gary had very recently returned home from his (Danish-speaking) mission, he was reading something and came upon a word he couldn't remember the English definition for. He went and asked his sister what a "dang"-er was. "Dang"-er, "dang"-er, hmm, wasn't ringing a bell with her either. All of a sudden he realized the word was danger.

So in our family, we always talk about "dang"-ers. Imagine my embarrassment in the situation I found myself in today. I was doing my daily crossword puzzle, when I came upon a clue, "shru"-"blands". The answer had 6 letters beginning with H. Couldn't figure it out. More letters H--T-S... I asked Gary what a "shru"-"bland" was. He didn't know. More letters HE-THS. So the answer ends up being HEATHS. I told Gary the answer, he says it must be Scottish. And then he begins to laugh...really hard. And then I realize myself why he's laughing and begin to laugh too. Shrublands. You know, places where SHRUBS grow.

It's a "dang"-er all right.

p.s. it still looks like "shru"-"blands" to me...