How can you tell someone’s from Georgia South Carolina Tennessee??

I’m on a tropical island in the Caribbean…and the staff here all talk in "island speak".

Surely it’s expected occasionally I’d miss a thing or two–like when our server asked "Would you like sparkling water or stale water?"

Because I’m not ashamed to ask when I don’t understand a question, I replied, "What’s ‘stale’ water???"

Ummmm….that would be STILL water :/.

I never knew it had a name.

8 Comments

Pamela on at

which did you choose.
sparkling or stale?
Debs in her pumkin' patch on at

I got a chuckle out of this one. Stale water for me. 🙂
Robin on at

Me? Stale…
Tad? Sparkling…
Usually HE’S the one who’s country and I’M rock and roll (hehe).
Sandy on at

I love stale water, myself.
Karmyn R on at

That reminds me of the time I was in the restaurant and the waiter asked me if I wanted
the Soup or Salad.
I said, “Sure, I’ll have the Super Salad.”
True story – ask Amanda.
Robin (the pensieve one) on at

Karmyn, I SOOoooo believe you (cause it sounds like something I’d do, lol).
elena jane on at

lol, i never go anywhere that asks, but i love the terms sparkling or still….it’s very posh…
and that bottle of pellegrino is my fave new sparkling water.
Susan in va on at

I never knew either. I just call it “tap” water 😉