Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Oops! Guilty as Charged!

Guilty...guilty as charged. So tonight on the 5 o'clock news...I made a mistake. We were talking about the annual Reading Rodeo event that goes on at Bowie Elementary School (which is an awesome event...getting to read to the kiddos) and of course, I had to go and mess it up on tv and say, Rod-eo (as in Rodeo Drive in California). I must have had shopping on the brain or something. No really...I don't know why the slip-up.

Of course, here in Texas it would be rodeo. I guess I'm becoming a Texan slower than I hoped...and I'm clearly not quite there yet. I'll have it be known that I've never actually been to a rodeo so that is on my to-do list. I've only seen them on television or heard about them through friends. I'm not trying to make excuses but maybe after I go to a rodeo, I won't mess up saying the word again. ; ) So to my fellow Texans, please forgive me for my mess-up!

Here's a picture from today's Reading Rodeo (I swear I said it right in my head this time).


This was a group of kindergartners that I read to. Such a great class. We had lots of fun reading Halloween stories and then they shared all of their costumes with me! Such fun!

2 comments:

  1. Yes, I heard that pronunciation and said to myself, "That's the 'L.A.' version, but going back and checking Webster's New World Dictionary, one finds that either version is correct: ro-DEE-oh AND ro-DAY-oh. I enjoy watching you, Brittany. Keep up the good work.

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  2. Good to know...but now that Texas is my home, it wouldn't hurt to say ro-DEE-oh! : ) Thanks for watching!

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