Schuylkill

Peter Petto ppetto at apk.net
Fri Jun 6 10:20:02 CDT 1997


At 01:01 PM 6/5/97 -0400, Steve Lawson wrote:

>The Schuylkill is also the local name for I-76, running along the banks
>of the river. As I discovered when I moved to Delaware, it's pronounced
>"SKOO-gull" (at least around here).

In the crowd I hang with when I go to watch the Mummers march, it (the
road, not the river) is pronounced "sure-KILL"

  You can't get to heaven on the Frankford El,
  No, you can't get to heaven on the Frankford El,
  Oh, you can't get to heaven on the Frankford El,
  'Cus the Frankfort El goes straight to......Frankford.

Yeah, my crowd's in Frankford.


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