Practicing a new language lately?

[gunsmith11]

since I recently retired, I need to get a part time job, was thinking about a conveniece store, but will have to learn Arabic so I can talk to the boss

 

[Forester]

I'm pretty fluent in southern english, but I get absolutely sick at the sound of New Joisey accents. I guess that should be called Yankee English.

Dick, that is a bald-faced lie and very hurtful!

You would be amazed at the difference a few hundred miles north latitude makes. Jersey/NY is different from Ma, which is different from NH/VT which is different from Me. You paint with too broad a brush.

 

[rburg]

Originally posted by Forester:
You paint with too broad a brush.

If'n it ain't hicktown, I don't want to hear it!

 

[Forester]

Originally posted by rburg:

Originally posted by Forester:
You paint with too broad a brush.

If'n it ain't hicktown, I don't want to hear it!

You haven't been to Maine, maybe? Some pretty hickish towns there, especially up north.

 

[rburg]

Originally posted by Forester:

You haven't been to Maine, maybe? Some pretty hickish towns there, especially up north.

Gawd love 'em. The more north you get, the better the folks get?

 

[feralmerril]

I am still working on english.

 

[rayb]

In the small town I grew up in, the local (well in the next town 10 miles south) radio station broadcast in English in the Morning and Spanish afternoons, and rock and roll at night.

I still remember Ramon Montemayor, the announcer doing the classifieds one afternoon:

"De vende, un camioneta pickup, es un one owner en good shape".

(At that time, camioneta was local slang for a station wagon)

Another:

"Ahora vamos a tocar un poquito de rrrrrrrock y roll"

I grew up multilingual: South Texas English, Tex-Mex and written English & Spanish.

In later years, thanks to travels furnished by my employers, I advanced my skills so that I was able to order a beer in 5 languages...

rayb