Arab's about thirty-five miles from my hometown. Our football teams played one another. They were a 5A school and we were a 2A school (Arab is about five times more populous than Crossville), but we still won.
Winning at football is one of the five or six things that matter to the average Alabaman.
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 11:15 am
by Adam54
I'm honestly a little surprised that we're 13 years after 9/11 and the town of Arab, Alabama has yet to change it's name.
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 11:16 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
They pronounce it differently. Since no one in Alabama can spell, no one noticed.
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 11:22 am
by Adam54
How is it pronounced? I figured there were only so many directions one could go with that word.
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 11:32 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 11:35 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
People from Arab are very quick to tell you it was a misspelling, an that it was supposed to be "Arad." From Wikipedia:
"The name of the town was an unintentional misspelling by the U.S. Postal Service in 1882 of the city's intended name, taken from Arad Thompson, the son of the town founder and first postmaster Stephen Tuttle Thompson."
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 11:38 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
You'll notice that the people there were nice, and that the video crew's fears were unfounded.
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 1:19 pm
by Dalty
This thread makes me strangely want to visit Alabama.
Re: Alabama, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Posted: March 26th, 2014, 1:23 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
I have a love/hate relationship with it, if you couldn't tell.