
I have come to sick realization that I am a Utahan through and through. (Spell check told me it should be
AN Utahan, but that sounds too weird…) Anyways, after making fun of countless people for saying “I love the
moun-tins”, “I am from
Hurr-i-cun, Utah”, “
carn on the cob” and a personal favorite, "the
ruff of the house", I am no better…and a 22-month-old child taught me this lesson.
Brynn and I just moved into a new place and we had some neighbors drop by to introduce themselves. We had a nice conversation and after they left I said to Brynn, “ Why didn’t you invite them in?” Suddenly Londyn perked up and screamed, “ I want a vitamin!” (You see, Londyn has a Flintstones vitamin every morning and loves it. But she knows she only gets a vitamin in the morning, so I was curious as to what made her want a vitamin at that particular moment)…then it hit me. I did not say, “invite
them in” like a normal human person would have, I said, “invite
‘em in…or as my daughter heard, “in vitamin”, just as a/an Utahan would say. My daughter could not distinguish the difference between her Father saying,
invite them in and
in vitamin. What a sad, sad day. It’s not that I am ashamed of my heritage. I love Utah. I just love the mountains, not the moun-tins. You win mighty Utah. You have chewed me up and spit me out...and now I smell of green Jell-O and brine shrimp.
…An Utahan...The only reason that probably sounds weird to me is because I am from Utah.