I must be one of the weirdest adults on the planet. I don’t like coffee; never have. I prefer unhealthy Diet pop. (Yes, I said, “pop.” I refuse to alter my regional vocabulary. That’s what we call in the western half of Missouri. Not sure about the St. Louis area. Also: lightning bug = firefly (Mark Twain, also from Missouri, used the same term. “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
I must be one of the weirdest adults on the planet. I don’t like coffee; never have. I prefer unhealthy Diet pop. (Yes, I said, “pop.” I refuse to alter my regional vocabulary. That’s what we call in the western half of Missouri. Not sure about the St. Louis area. Also: lightning bug = firefly (Mark Twain, also from Missouri, used the same term. “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”