Brian came home with a funny the other day: he drove past a store that had a sign outside stating that it was sold out of a particular product...what did the sign say? "Soulde out".
There is a town north of us named Thibodaux (pronounced "tibi-doe"), which is also the name of my ward. I learned some interesting history, which sheds some light on the spelling: once upon a time the majority of a town's population couldn't read or write. The few who could write were called upon for their services. If a man's name was Thibodaux, the scribe would write T-h-i-b-o-d-a-u and the man would make his mark ("x") at the end. Thus the name Thibodaux was born, and has stuck ever since.
It all makes me wish I had learned French in high school.
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