Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 2059639)

Well, Larry the alligator was removed a couple of years ago from a pond adjacent to the rec trail leading to Brownwood. That is in Sumter co but not Lake Sumter. You can see gators in Lake Sumter during Spring break when the grandkids are here and Grandma and Grandpa take them on the boardwalk to feed them chicken fingers

Originally Posted by Jimandpud (Post 2060020)

You are not suppose to feed the Gators. They become unafraid of people and it makes them dangerous!!

Originally Posted by DaleDivine (Post 2060007)

My mother's maiden name was SUMPTER. Great Great grandfather was from South Carolina and a member of the Cherokee Tribe.

I think a lot of words like axe instead of ask is referred to as Ebonics.

:ohdear::ohdear:

Originally Posted by Packer Fan (Post 2059807)

Possibly the worst mispronunciation in the English Langauge-
"I need to Axe you a question". There is not faster way to sound
uneducated than that. It isn't even close to Ask.

Sumter with a P is pretty common though, and being a Name rather than an actual standard word it is not really surprising.

Originally Posted by Jimandpud (Post 2060020)

You are not suppose to feed the Gators. They become unafraid of people and it makes them dangerous!!