To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Groundhogs
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 09:20:13 -0500
At 10:15 PM 5/16/2008, you wrote:
One of the nicknames for your state is the groundhog state.
'Groundhog State' is a nickname for Mississippi?!?
No, Ernie, that's 'The Magnolia State'; spelled and pronounced quite
differently from groundhog.
Growing up in east-central Alabama, I never saw a groundhog until I
was in college - and never saw more than one until I graduated from
vet school and moved to Tennessee.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY