June 30, 2008


umbrellas

In Pittsburgh, some people emphasize the first syllable of umbrella.  (These were in the entry to the greenhouse at the Frick Art and Historical Center on another rainy day.)

posted by Elizabeth Perry in art, museums 

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8 Responses to “umbrellas”

  1. Deron Bauman on July 1st, 2008 at 8:09 am

    I love everything about this.

  2. Sheila Ryan on July 1st, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    UM-be-rel-las!

  3. Elizabeth Perry on July 1st, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Hmm. I married a man who says UM-brel-la, but I’ve always said um-BREL-la. He also says HO-tel – though that turns out to mean bar.

  4. Sheila Ryan on July 1st, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    UM-be-rel-la: It may be a Chicago thing, or maybe a Mississippi Delta-to-Chicago thing. Once I was walking down State Street, oversized umbrella unfurled in the midst of a shower, when a man sidled underneath and said, “That’s a lot of UM-be-rel-la for such a little gal.”

    When I was truly a little girl, I said, “Umberdella.”

  5. Elizabeth Perry on July 1st, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    Umberdella sounds like the name of a doll. Or a music hall star. Or a sock puppet.

    Maybe in my next life I can be named Umberdella.

  6. Sheila Ryan on July 2nd, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Umberdella de Vil.

  7. Mark on July 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 am

    HO-tel means bar? Impossible. A hotel is a place to sleep. A bar is a very large, furry animal with sharp claws.

  8. Sheila Ryan on July 3rd, 2008 at 10:40 am

    A bartender is oftimes a zookeeper.

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