The attached photo was taken at a boat launching area a few miles south of the small town of Innes LA.All the other modulars in this cluster were only raised a few feet. Maybe this owner was extra paranoid or just wanted a better view.
As we rode through northern Florida it struck me that I was seeing some of the names that I heard in songs as I was growing up such as Tallahassee Lassie, Suwannee River, and the Okefenokee two step.
Not only old names to me but new funny sounding names like Chattahoochee and Canoochee.
Then there are the obvious differences in English dialects. Although south western Texas has a strong history of Spanish influence their town of Sierra Blanca has Sierra pronounce correctly but Blanca comes out blank-a as does the Louisiana city of Blanco.
Speaking of? Louisiana the locals pronounce it Looszy Ana and New Orleans becomes New Orlins and to N.O. residences its Nawlins.
Just as some of us refer to San Luis Obispo as SLO some of locals in northern Florida shorten DeFuniak Springs as DFS.
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