Nina-Paul-Shumway’d, -ing (verb): To stomp around, usually in the desert, particularly in the Coachella Valley. It is taken from the Author of Your Desert and Mine.
An Mayee: Your name for Mommy’s Aunt Mary
Fitch: Wheel of Fortune
Jebae: Jeopardy!
Taywum’s House: Your name for Grandma Janie’s trailer at the beach
Pawa and Dight: Your name for my mom and her husband Dwight
Papa and Bube: Your name for my dad and his wife Nona
Alligator: an escalator
Go way!: You still have problems with double vowel sounds, so things like ‘Go away!’ become ‘Go way!’
Wizing Desert: The Living Desert
