[Coco] talk funny

[Roger Taylor]

At 11:38 PM 12/20/2003 -0800, you wrote:
|It's funny, up (down) here in the Pacific Northwest, I can tell a 
Californian by their accent.  When talking about a freeway, they always 
|put "the" in front of it.  For instance, "the I-5" or "the 405"  To me, 
they are the ones who talk funny, plus they can't understand why us 
|"locals" insist on dipping our fries in tartar sause.  As for people South 
of the Mason-Dixon line, "you all talk so slow" :)


Actually, only a small percentage of southerners talk real slow.  They just 
stand out so bad.  You're tempted to relate it with their speed of 
thinking, and in *some* cases, it's the same; but when you see that they're 
a millionaire or own the biggest mansion within 10 miles, you have to train 
yourself to think differently.  I have a brother-in-law who talks so slow 
and country-like that I can predict his sentences and thoughts long before 
he's through.  I cannot have conversations with him.  It drives me up the 
wall.  He even looks like a silly hick, and he will never be a millionaire 
or even become anything.  :)  I hope lightning don't strike me.

At the same time, people up North tend to say "eh?" and "bada-bing" all the 
time.  Well, at least they do in the funny commercials down here where you 
have a Northern guy talking with a Southern guy.  hehehehe.  Hilarious.

And you're right about Californians... their speech gives them away every 
time.  I can also spot an Illinois female anywhere, anytime.  Don't ask.  I 
just can.  And Texans... the men have a certain tone in their voice that is 
unique to Texans.  Gives'em away every time.

Oh, and the men in southern Memphis, TN look strikingly the same.  It's 
something about the cut of their hair lines and their upper mouth 
area.  No, I don't study this stuff.  Sometimes it's just very noticeable 
or else we wouldn't be having this discussion.

We notice stuff like this because people tend to stay in their cities and 
towns and that is how the gene pool works, I guess.  ??

quickly-spoken end-of-commercial disclaimer:
"thei20lifeisgoodlovethyrecedinghairlineneighborsallrebatesgotoillinoisdealersbadabingbadaboomhidago" 
:)

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Roger Taylor


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