dialectal "from the home" /of the home

[James Smith]

Police escorts of funerals, once commonplace in the
Salt Lake City area, are now rare.  This was never, to
the best of my knowledge (i.e., my father's funeral 40
years ago) a free service, so escalating cost
(liability, more time because of heavier traffic and
greater distances, better police pay, etc.)is probably
a major factor in the demise of this practice.



--- "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

> > >  I'd add that  city or county police (or
> sheriffs) always escort funeral
>
> > > processions "up home" in Minnesota, and I
> presume everywhere else.
>
> Huntsville, AL is a city with one foot in the 21st
> century, and one in the
> 19th.
> About once a year, someone proposes that the city
> can save money be stopping
> the
> practice of police escorts from the funeral home to
> the graveyard.  Everyone
> agrees
> that this would save money, but the proposal always
> gets voted down because
> it just
> doesn't seem right.
>
> I think some of the larger cities in AL have dropped
> the practice, though.
>


=====
James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.



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