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Born and raised in Cleveland. The humorous pronunciation for Toledo came from a friend who was dating a guy that she said lived in TOO-lee-due.
So you've heard it pronounced " TOO DA LEE DO" as well?
Don't know ho "DA" came into it but it did.
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Must be a variation on "Toodle-loo" which is sometimes shortened to "Toodles."
After what Thad wrote, I was thinking that Too-lee-DOODLE-lee-due would be good, too. It sounds kind of cheerful, don't you think?
After what Thad wrote, I was thinking that Too-lee-DOODLE-lee-due would be good, too. It sounds kind of cheerful, don't you think?
Uh your coffee without cream and sugar claim is a bad example. They are finding more and more health benefits to coffee all the time same as red wine. Nicotine too though not nearly as many and mainly for the brain.
Even if the benefits of drinking coffee outweigh the risks (which I agree they probably do), the fact remains that there ARE dangers to drinking coffee so it cannot really be called "safe" or "healthy". You can say the exact same thing about nicotine.
In any case, the comparison was with or without cream and sugar compared to with or without the byproducts of combustion. I think everyone understands that the acute risks of combustion would outweigh a ridiculous amount of cream and sugar, but that should make my point even more obvious.
I've heard "Holy Toledo" a ton of times, and still to this day I have no idea what is so holy about it...
Now you got me thinking about it, I gotta google.
...Hmm. There's actually not much more than speculation about the origin of "Holy Toledo"--there's a couple of different theories, but no clear origin.
ETA: Ah! "Holy Toledo" sounds enough like "Holy Moley" to be the most likely origin of the phrase.
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I suspect that the "Holy Toledo" phrase doesn't refer to the town in Ohio, but rather to the original one in Spain. Might have something to do with the Crusades.
And at Christmas time, it becomes "Holly Toledo."
Deck the Halls with clouds of vapor
Fa, la, la, la, lah
La, la, la, la.
No more setting fire to paper
Fa, la, la, la, lah
La, la, la, la.
No more burning up tobacco
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, lah
Save the match to light the taper
Fa, la, la, la, lah
La, la, la, la.
Deck the Halls with clouds of vapor
Fa, la, la, la, lah
La, la, la, la.
No more setting fire to paper
Fa, la, la, la, lah
La, la, la, la.
No more burning up tobacco
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, lah
Save the match to light the taper
Fa, la, la, la, lah
La, la, la, la.
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Couldn't visit the store because Dad's get together was held late in the day on Sunday.
OT but entertaining article from P.J. O'Rourke on Toledo:
P. J. O'Rourke Reflects on Toledo, His Hometown - Newsweek
OT but entertaining article from P.J. O'Rourke on Toledo:
P. J. O'Rourke Reflects on Toledo, His Hometown - Newsweek
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For some reason, when I hear "Willys" the word "Jeep" pops into my mind. Was Willys the orginal maker of the Jeep?
That would be correct, made for the military during WW2 if the info my uncle told me was right. He had one that he had painted red. He used to take it out on a big lake in the Poconos and do spins on the ice. My father told me he could bring that thing down the street and donut it to the curb in the opposite direction.
Typical 3rd generation rich after the business failed. The town I was born in was named after his family who owned a cigar box empire. The rest of the story is history. He ended up a drunk living in the tower of a run down bar/hotel in town. Funny that today the building has been restored and the bankrupt movie theater next door turned now into a concert venue. All in the space of a lifetime.
I grew up in a house just down the street from the Willys Overland Plant. Later it became Jeep.
Former Willys Overland Jeep Plant, Toledo, OH - Iconic Factories on Waymarking.com
Former Willys Overland Jeep Plant, Toledo, OH - Iconic Factories on Waymarking.com
No offense to the current Jeep manufacturer, but I'll bet the Jeeps were made better back during WWII.
Am I the only one who noticed they interviewed two "Beavers" and giggled?
I'm such a 12 year old boy sometimes...
I'm such a 12 year old boy sometimes...
i've been calling it niquid =) saw someone say that lately and i think its a good way to capture the contents of what it is. no mistakes or confusion =)
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