Hi Carole Beth: Sounds to me like your little granny knew what she was doing. She sounds cute to me.----Jim -------------------------------------------------------- Hi, my paternal gm who was from western KY, called soda water, sody water. And worst of all, she called my baby sister, Marsha, marshee. My mother corrected and corrected her. Even my sister told her "My name is Marsha." But, she still continued. In the South, here in TX, Dem, Doze, etc were commonplace among Blacks. However, "just" was "jist." I always thought it was a southern thing. St Louis Mo was I guess the south, too. Carole Beth Arnette San Antonio, TX