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ga.sparky56, anyone that thinks a local accent makes people not to "bright" is just showing there own short comings

I live 30 minutes out of Boston, MA and never really notice the local accent.

Then I saw an episode of "Cops" from Boston, the accent was worse then any faked Hollywood version I have heard, but it was real.

A "Simpson's" episode with a family that must have been the Kennedy's has a great time with this accent, and I must sound that way too.

When My father was station in Germany during my high school days, you should have seen the looks I got trying to speak german with a georgia accent. I reckon I will just keep my accent and let people know where I'm from.
Keith in Georgia!!!

I just thought the terms applied to the definitions were funny - regardless of where they are supposed to be from!

I like the way words can be metaphorically used, and how it ends up being humorous!

Example: One part of my E-mail message Sigfile has "Definitions" for words (just for a funny thing to place in the Sigfile, used for positive ID).
Definition for the word "Control" = (Con + Troll), n. A Small Prisioner Living Under A Bridge.

The wordage is just a silly way to describe Control, not an offensive slurr towards anyone!
This is what I was getting at in the reply!

The definitions for Barium, C section, Dilate, Hangnail, Labor Pain, Nitrates, Tablet and Terminal Illness would be the ones I want to add to the Sigfile (hope to make it select 3 random definitions each time a message is created).

Scott35 s.e.t.

my background is Appalachian (w.va.),west texas (odessa),louisiana cajun (evangeline parish), arkansas (bald knob), alabama (sylacauga), ireland, and germany! ....thats quite a selection i can choose from!...

when i first moved to ohio, the natives here all thought i must be from kentucky, because of the way i talked!... lol!... what do they know?


"a country boy can survive"

gramps

Scott,years ago in my Hot Rodding youth. I frequently ordered parts from a company in L.A. It was a small speed shop and I talked to the owner a lot,asking for advice. He would jokingly tell me to "speak English" and my comeback was to speak with an English accent. And on a trip to New England I got more than one waitress flustered by asking for grits or sweet tea.Yes, words and the people who use them are funny!

several years ago, i was with an industrial contractor, installing some MCC panels in a factory in northern wisconsin, near the canadian border. my first morning there, we went to a little cafe for breakfast, and i ordered a bowl of grits with my eggs. the owner told me "i dont have any idea what that is, but if you'll get some for me, i'll dang sure cook them for you!"....i got my brother in alabama, to send me some. i took the 2 boxes of grits i received in the mail, to the cafe owner....and he fixed them for me, and a few other customers, until he ran out!...he actually ordered some more from his wholesaler, and added "grits" to his menu!!!...

gramps


[This message has been edited by gramps (edited 03-15-2003).]

Gramps, I tried Grits when I was "Down South" (Virginia Beach, that's south for me I am sure that is North for most of you).

All I will say is they must be an acquired taste.

But the Crab omelets I could get where something I wish I could get up here.

There is nothing like biscuits and gravy for breakfast.

I wish we had a Hardee's out here in CA.
Scott

I lived in Georgia for 21 years before I moved to California a year ago due to my wife's graduate school. I miss the hospitality, trees, sweet tea, Chick-Fil-A, North Georgia Mountains, etc.

Bump.