In my Geography class, we were talking about all the different ways people say the same thing across the states. For example, us normal people say "PILLo" for the word pillow while others might say "PELLo", weird right? Other examples are "CRAn" verses "CRAYon", or "milk" verses "melk". It's not just the sounds of the words, sometimes people will emphasize different parts of a word too. Like "inSURance" verses "INsurance".
One that really struck me was the word "Thanksgiving". I naturally have always said it as "thanksGIVing", but another way to say it is "THANKSgiving". I'm not sure if it's just the new way of saying it or that "thanks" is more emphasized, but that other way of saying it really got me thinking about it's meaning. Give thanks. Thanks give. It's not just the title of the holiday. The word literally means express gratitude, show appreciation, acknowledge that we are indebted.
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