[TheForge] Natural gas burner?

[John Husvar]

On 4/25/06 5:32 PM, "Mike Porter" <michael.a.porter at comcast.net> wrote:

> No John,
> Being from Louisiana would have been great fun, as I spent much of my
> working life in shipyards. I hear the way they do it down there, you go
> fishing when the catch is good, and work the rest of the time. Of course
> with my stomach, Tabasco cuisine would probably have finished me before age
> 35 :-)
> 
> In grade school and Junior High, I heard all manner of American accents,
> some horrible, and others like music to the ear. West Texas was good to
> hear, and Nashville area was like poetry. It may be that thanks to
> television only the strongest accents survived at all; a shame. What I hear
> these days is Cheer Leader 101, Valley Girl, or Office Speak; about as
> historic and charming as Pig Latin, or as with office speak, colorful as
> cardboard.
> Mikey
> 

<CHUCKLE>

Gotcha, Mikey. Agree 100%.

I, too, loved all the regional accents and once thought to mourn their
passing. Sometimes it seemed everybody was speaking New York Newscaster. :)

It's really not quite that bad, I think. The accents still exist if you go
to where the average people of a given region live.

You get to the right places at the right times and you'll hear the accents.
They aren't gone, just sitting back in a corner, resting.

Some Europeans deride us because we Americans don't travel much outside the
US. Hell, we don't have to! Much of Europe's character is to be found
somewhere right here, transplanted with immigrants or families of former
colonists or residents.

Luck with your new book, guy.