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To: Grig; Utah Girl; Lady Lawyer; tracer; Spiff; GovernmentShrinker
I had always heard about "oh my heck," but had never actually heard anyone say it until earlier this year. (Keep in mind that I'm part of that very fast growing demographic: a lifelong "Mormon" who's NEVER set foot inside Utah).

Anyway, I'm a primary teacher, and one day during "sharing time" one of the counselors--a girl from some podunk Utah town--responded to a funny quip from one of the primary kids by breaking down laughing, and saying "Oh My Heck!"

I burst out laughing myself, and had to explain to her later what was so funny. It had never occurred to her that there was anything unusual about the phrase!

But my favorite "pokin' fun at Utah Saints" story is about a young mother whose family I "home taught." She told me that shortly after she moved here to Texas some neighbors invited her to the big Fourth of July blow-out we have in our community. She and her kids went, and enjoyed the food, festivities and especially the big fireworks finale.

She turned to her neighbor and said "Wow, if this is what you all do for the FOURTH, I can only IMAGINE what it must be like on the TWENTY-FOURTH!"

Her neighbor's puzzled look told her something had been lost in the translation, and it wasn't until later (say, about twenty DAYS later) that she came to understand that whereas in UTAH, Pioneer Day is THE big summer festival, the REST of the country kinda favors Independence Day!

242 posted on 06/18/2002 5:44:19 PM PDT by Illbay
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To: Illbay
Keep in mind that I'm part of that very fast growing demographic: a lifelong "Mormon" who's NEVER set foot inside Utah).

Except for being at the MTC for two weeks, that's me also. My wife has reletives in Utah and spent time visiting with them so I pick it up third-hand. Oh, and what is Pioneer Day?

243 posted on 06/18/2002 6:15:24 PM PDT by Grig
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