New Words

While traveling and having the wonderful opportunity to see this great country, you occasionally come upon new words or phrases.

Several days ago, I told you about "pasties".

Have you ever heard the word "Yooper". I am NOT a Yooper but I have lived amongst them for the last week. Can you figure out what a Yooper is? See below but try first, OK?

We are currently in "Michiana". Seems obvious...we are where northern Indiana joins southern Michigan.

Have you heard of "Gitche Gumee". Here is a hint:

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.

Of course, Gitche Gumee is the Chippewa name for Lake Superior, the largest fresh water body in the world.

And, oh yes...a "Yooper" is the phonetic name for someone from the "UP" of Michigan...the Upper Peninsula where we have spent the past week.