A Revelation
Where I grew up (South Texas), no one pronounced the "p" in raspberry. It was just "rasberry."
I didn't even know it was spelled with a "p" until well into adulthood.
I was working on the book this morning and there was a moment that called for a raspberry, or a rasberry. Unsure, I thought maybe I could just call it a strawberry because we said that as kids as well.
C was in the kitchen when I came out of the study.
"When you were a kid, did you call it "raspberry" or "rasberry?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"You know, when you skin your knee."
"I never heard either of those," she said.
"What?" I asked. "How is that possible/"
She responded, absolutely deadpan: "I was not an athletic child."
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