Nobody else can spell that

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I was discussing where we lived in a secret group on FB. The person who started the conversation wants to move from where she is living - Florida - to some place else. I threw my 2 cents in, but didn't think she would want to trade Florida's heat and humidity (and hurricanes) for Texas' heat and humidity and occasional tornadoes. However, while reading some of the other people's responses, one mentioned living in New Jersey for a while. I responded that I was born there and that my folks lived there, including moving from where I was born - East Orange - to be closer to Mom's folks in Piscataway. The person told me that "And you have proven you lived in NJ because nobody else can spell "Piscataway"." I didn't mention that I had to look it up, but I could spell it close enough that I could find it and only had 1 letter wrong in my spelling. And not only couldn't I spell when we left New Jersey, I wasn't even talking yet! Still, I pretty much know more about New Jersey than the average Texan because I was born there, visited many times in my childhood and, apparently, still sound more like a "yankee" to the Texans around me than a Texan.