WebmasterKathy said:
Yep, nice grocery store in North Carolina.
To properly say Harris-Teeter in a North Carolina accent, try "Horace Tater". Okay, it sounds sweet when THEY say it that way!
I can promise you not every NC accent sounds like that!!! Although many of my mother's friends did say "Teetah" instead of "Teeter."
Locally, we refer to all the stores as "Teeters". We have the Pisgah Teeter (name of street), the Irving Teeter (name of nearest upper class neighborhood where all the little old ladies shop) and the mother of all Teeters - the grand, enormous one that opened at a local shopping center some years back - known to one and all as the Taj MaTeeter.
When you want to be witty and your children ask what you're fixing (fixin' to all you NCers) for dinner, you say, "Oh, whatever Mr. Harris and Mr. Teeter and I can come up with." This will make your children roll their eyes at you, but they will remember it fondly.
When friends and I call each other from the car, someone is always going to or coming from the grocery store.
"Hi, whatcha doin'?"
"Oh, just on my way to the Teeter." "Pisgah or Irving?" "Irving."
"Oh, I've got to go this afternoon - maybe I'll do that on the way to carpool."
We lead rich and full lives, I promise, but we go to the grocery store a lot.
It's probably a little pricier than some others, but such a nice store. And the lady who is the Manager was the check-out cashier at my first grocery store - The Big Bear - and she always gave us a lollipop, so I am partial to her store for that reason, too!!
Gosh, I didn't realize I was sucha fountain of knowledge about the Teeter!!
Have fun at
your new Teeter!!
They get free samples of fruit, cheese, bread, deli meat..............plus they get the free cookie when they enter the store. They love HT just as much as me!
