Re: stereotyping

[Lucy Chaplin Trumbull <elsie@calweb.com>]

Julie O'Neill wrote:
> 
> ...I finally caught on when my friend from TN
> came to Chicago and tried to order a burger from Mickey D's's and the
> poor person at the counter just looked at my friend with this really
> strange look at his face.

I went into a McD's once and asked for a glass of water.
The woman behind the counter looked blank and said "what
is it?". 

Sigh.

Susan:
> I'll have you know the people in the South speak the King's 
> English.  Elvis that is!!!

:)

Funnily enough, the accent used in the rural parts of the
Appalachians is meant to be closest to that of the original
"old english" - it is the area that has been least influenced 
by other accents. Even the English no longer speak english like
it was "supposed" (?) to be spoken.

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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull - elsie@calweb.com
Repotted english person in Sacramento, CA 
http://www.calweb.com/~elsie

with Mouse and Provo
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