Betty Botter, for SOCS

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The SOCS prompt is: batter/better/bitter/butter and although I know it
breaks the rules, I can’t resist reciting an old childhood tongue-twister:

Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter.
“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter.
I can’t put it in my batter, 
for if I put it in my batter,
it will make my batter bitter,
but if I buy some better butter,
it will make my batter better!”
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
and made her batter better.

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18 thoughts on “Betty Botter, for SOCS”

  1. Nancy Green's avatarNancy Green

    I’d answer (it is cute!) but my son & I, on our way to the beach, have been completely immobile for nearly 2 hours (on the toll road) This is the second time today😱😱😱 N

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        1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          Yes.. I think they probably changed it for him at Ellis Island. Many times of officials made the decision. And his name was changed from Wompka to Walter as well. My Grandmother’s maiden name was Boersma.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I learned this from a children’s activity book my folks bought me when I was in Rochester, Minnesota waiting for an appointment at the Mayo Clinic. That is another funny story I’ll tell another time.

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