Who made the decision that Sheffield is the “Center of the Shoals”?
Which town would you refer to as the center?
Who made the decision that Sheffield is the “Center of the Shoals”?
Which town would you refer to as the center?
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It is not truly a "decision," since no one actually "decided" that Shurfiel' is the Center of the Shoals. It is no more than an opportunistic opinion, seized upon by the city fathers of Shurfiel' for promotional purposes.
I am pretty certain that no one consulted a geographer for a determination of just where the geographic center of the Shoals is found. Is there any "official" designation of the precise boundaries of the Shoals anyway? Is the Shoals everything within Lauderdale, Colbert, Limestone and Franklin Counties or something else?
I apologize on behalf of Sheffield for not having your intelligent azzes at the top of the list to contact to get approval.
Someone once told me that the Shoals area was rotten to the core. I think they were referring to the politics but, maybe it started in Sheffield.
I apologize on behalf of Sheffield for not having your intelligent azzes at the top of the list to contact to get approval.
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Notice he can't spell Sheffield.
I apologize on behalf of Sheffield for not having your intelligent azzes at the top of the list to contact to get approval.
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Notice he can't spell Sheffield.
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Notice that you have not paid much attention to the way many folks in Shurfiel' and elsewhere in the Shoals pronounce the name of that city.
I apologize on behalf of Sheffield for not having your intelligent azzes at the top of the list to contact to get approval.
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I only ask who made the decision, it wasn't meant to offend anyone.
I apologize on behalf of Sheffield for not having your intelligent azzes at the top of the list to contact to get approval.
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Apology accepted. Try to do better next time.
They are working on the principle that if you say it enough, people will eventually believe it.
People, please! Its an old sign, from the Sheffield Utility Department, refurbished and now on display. I remember it from years ago and glad to see it back.
Sheffield is inside of Florence, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, Red Bay ,
Cherokee and seven mile island. That makes it the center.
People, please! Its an old sign, from the Sheffield Utility Department, refurbished and now on display. I remember it from years ago and glad to see it back.
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Well, there you go, spoiling all the fun. I guess it's back to grammar and doomsday.
Sheffield is inside of Florence, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, Red Bay ,
Cherokee and seven mile island. That makes it the center.
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Florence is the largest and principal city of the Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals” , which includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia, metropolitan areas in Colbert and Lauderdale counties. Florence is considered the primary economic hub of northwestern Alabama.
People, please! Its an old sign, from the Sheffield Utility Department, refurbished and now on display. I remember it from years ago and glad to see it back.
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Instead of referring to it as "the new gateway sign", they could have at least said it was an old sign that was refurbished.
Actually, if you count Waterloo, St Florian, Killen and Rogersville then Florence would be the center of the shoals. Not sure if Red Bay is considered to be in the Shoals. Just to start a fire but if the Metropolitan area is always named after the largest city, why was the name changed from Florence Metropolitan area to the Florence-Muscle Shoals or Shoals Metropolitan area?
I apologize on behalf of Sheffield for not having your intelligent azzes at the top of the list to contact to get approval.
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Notice he can't spell Sheffield.
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Notice that you have not paid much attention to the way many folks in Shurfiel' and elsewhere in the Shoals pronounce the name of that city.
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True that.
Why, I heard it pronounced that way 'yersterdee.'
Or maybe it was last Weeensdee.......
I apologize on behalf of Sheffield for not having your intelligent azzes at the top of the list to contact to get approval.
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Notice he can't spell Sheffield.
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Notice that you have not paid much attention to the way many folks in Shurfiel' and elsewhere in the Shoals pronounce the name of that city.
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True that.
Why, I heard it pronounced that way 'yersterdee.'
Or maybe it was last Weeensdee.......
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Unlike certain local residents, Puppy, you have a well-tuned ear. Perhaps that is because you benefit from an outsider's perspective.
I done lived in six diff'rent states and by dern, they ain't nowhere enny worst about messin' up the English langwidge than they is rat cheer in nawth Alabammer!