"I figured out why the coastal neighborhoods creep me out a little with their little motels and shi-shi neighborhoods and stuff."
"Why?"
"Because it reminds me of Biloxi."
"You used to live in Biloxi?" he asked, pronouncing it like it had an ox in the middle of it.
"When I was just teeny tiny, we lived in Biloxi, and I don't really remember it. What little I do remember is really vague. It's weird. It's like a deja-vu thing."
"Aha."
"And by the way, it's pronounced bil-ux-ee. Even though it has an 'o' in it."
"Bill-ux-ee?"
"Yeah, it's a schwa sound."
"Ah."
"No. 'Uh.'"