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RDP Monday: wattle

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Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “wattle”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

Image by Me & Gemini

Walk into any diner located in the five boroughs of the City of New York and you will hear a waitress asking, “Wattle it be, hon?” to every customer she serves on any given day.

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This is “Diner” by Martin Sexton

RDP Monday: WATTLE

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32 thoughts on “RDP Monday: wattle”

    1. One of our daughters-in-law is from Florida and every other word out of her mouth is y’all. When she’s rounding up the kids, it morphs into “all y’all” The first time I met her, she called me ma’am. I swear my jaw hit the floor!

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      2. Get it right, Nancy: “Y’all” is singular, “all y’all” is plural, and “all y’all’s” is plural possessive.” 🤣

        My kids always laugh and remind me that they are southerners–😬–but I drew the line at then saying ‘ma’am’ to me. Ain’t no way!!

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          1. You will appreciate this. My kids all went to Catholic school (bless their hearts) and one year we had a new principal–a nun from New York. Two things happened: She immediately cancelled outdoor recess due to her fear of drive-by shootings. The grammar school was in the middle of a residential area so, no, Sister. This is not New York.

            Then one of the students called her ‘ma’am.’ She looked at the school secretary and said, “Did she just sass me?” Oh my gosh, Nancy. She must have felt like she was dropped onto another planet when she came down here to Florida.

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            1. Poor Sister Semolina Shellshock! Where in New York did she come from that she has such paranoia? When our kids were in school, there was no such thing as drive-by shootings. We’ve lived in the suburbs since we got married, and chances of being stung by a bee are 1000 times greater than being shot at!

              I will agree with the good sister on one thing; to a Yankee, hearing someone call you ‘ma’am’ is an alien concept and sounds almost like backtalk. Our daughter-in-law has taught the kids to say ‘ma’am’ to their teachers and the pastor’s wife etc and they all think they’re the most polite children they’ve ever met. It’s better than just getting a grunt.

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