The checkout people at publix regarding the cuteness of the doggies on parker’s puppy pads and what they’re called:
Neon hair/eye makeup girl called them “dow-shunds” and the bagboy was like, yeah…no wait, how do you say it? So I’m like dachshunds and they’re like oh yeah! The bag boy’s like, yeah, that’s it and the check out girl leans in and says, you know, no one’s ever corrected me before. What I love about that exchange is the fact that they were mispronouncing it because they had only ever READ it before. They, like, READ it wrong. (sigh)
julie warshaw 