[Jimandpud]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

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

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

[bagboy]

Originally Posted by Jimandpud

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

Not to mention it's a misdemeanor in Florida to feed them.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

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.

Nothing more American than Ebonics.

[clossonjunk]

Originally Posted by Packer Fan

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.

Axe is coming from aks. So, it's closer than you think.

The real disgrace is skreet. "I am going across the skreet to aks the neighbor a question."

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by Jimandpud

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

Dude, relax I didn’t feed them just something I have observed at Sumter not Sumpter not Sumner Landing