It's the word "aunt".
For some reason when I'm not talking about one of my family members, I pronounce it "Ahnt".
But curiously, for those in my family the word is pronounced "Ant".
My mother's sister, for instance, was always known as Anty Ann.
Her name was actually Anna but modernity shortened it to Ann.
This is a long way around introducing you to my Aunt Lil, short for Lillian.
She lives in Billings, Montana, with her daughter, my musical cousin Bonnie.
And recently she received a couple of honors, being declared Birthday Queen at the Southside Senior Center and then Queen at the 4th Avenue Senior Community Center.
Gentle Readers, my Aunt Lil is a nonagenarian, which I'm sure you all know is a person in their 90's.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what 96 looks like!
Pretty damned good, if you ask me.
