"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/2/2014 10:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> This will tell you.
>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>
>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>
> It has me in the New York City area. Not surprising.
>
> I am surprised there wasn't a question of what I call
> flavored bubbly beverages.
>
> nancy

There was.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:15:25 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>>On 9/2/2014 10:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> This will tell you.
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>>
>>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>
>>It has me in the New York City area. Not surprising.
>>
>>I am surprised there wasn't a question of what I call
>>flavored bubbly beverages.
>>
>>nancy
>
> There was the first time I took it. Just did it again and about four
> of the questions was different than last time. First time has the
> soda, pop, tonic, etc.

I have taken it before so when I took it now, I noticed some questions
missing. That was on IE and on IE it wouldn't give me an end result. I got
some sort of script error. So I took it on Chrome and got more questions.
Weird thing is when I took it before it pegged me for Seattle. It didn't do
that this time.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:37:48 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-09-02 2:29 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>> >> Interesting It placed me in Newark / Paterson, Yonkers and Jersey
>> >> City
>> >>
>> >> Ophelia a Yorkshire lassie <g>
>> >
>> > It put you on the East Coast, so that's fine. We have East Coast
>> > accents that can be traced to specific areas in England. I'd wonder
>> > how legitimate that quiz was if it placed you out West.
>>
>> The quiz is about vocabulary, not accent. The results might have been
>> different if there were questions involving bonnets, boots or hoods and
>> trunks. The questions and results are for Americans.
>
> There were plenty of how do you pronounce type questions as well as
> vocabulary.
>
It was both.

What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's funny.
So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I don't know why.

On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:18:31 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-09-02 4:16 PM, sf wrote:
>
> >> The quiz is about vocabulary, not accent. The results might have been
> >> different if there were questions involving bonnets, boots or hoods and
> >> trunks. The questions and results are for Americans.
> >
> > There were plenty of how do you pronounce type questions as well as
> > vocabulary.
> Tomayto... tomahto... not an accent.

Dave, Dave, Dave... that's an accent.


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On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 19:32:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:37:48 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2014-09-02 2:29 PM, sf wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Interesting It placed me in Newark / Paterson, Yonkers and Jersey
> >> >> City
> >> >>
> >> >> Ophelia a Yorkshire lassie <g>
> >> >
> >> > It put you on the East Coast, so that's fine. We have East Coast
> >> > accents that can be traced to specific areas in England. I'd wonder
> >> > how legitimate that quiz was if it placed you out West.
> >>
> >> The quiz is about vocabulary, not accent. The results might have been
> >> different if there were questions involving bonnets, boots or hoods and
> >> trunks. The questions and results are for Americans.
> >
> > There were plenty of how do you pronounce type questions as well as
> > vocabulary.
> >
> It was both.
>
> What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
> comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's funny.
> So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I don't know why.

Pronouncing been (bin) as been (bean) has always struck me as funny.
1930's over acting type funny. Okay, weird funny.


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On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:49:15 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> On 9/2/2014 3:26 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> > On 9/2/2014 9:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> This will tell you.
> >> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
> >>
> >>
> >> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
> >> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
> >>
> >
> > I answered it as I would have had I not been transported to Texas and It
> > pegged me right in the heart of New Jersey.
> >
> > Hudson County girl, here, and damned proud of it!
> >
> Do you ever miss Scrapple?

Ew!


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On 9/2/2014 10:39 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:49:15 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 9/2/2014 3:26 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> On 9/2/2014 9:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> This will tell you.
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>>>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I answered it as I would have had I not been transported to Texas and It
>>> pegged me right in the heart of New Jersey.
>>>
>>> Hudson County girl, here, and damned proud of it!
>>>
>> Do you ever miss Scrapple?
>
> Ew!
>
>
It is such a staple back that way at breakfast, fried to a medium brown.

On 9/3/2014 12:44 AM, Mayo wrote:

>>>> Hudson County girl, here, and damned proud of it!
>>>>
>>> Do you ever miss Scrapple?
>>
>> Ew!
>>
>>
> It is such a staple back that way at breakfast, fried to a medium brown.

Pork, cornmeal, spices.

We still have it about once a month. We like it sliced about 2/4" and
fried crisp on the outside. I put a little ketchup on it.

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:38:51 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 19:32:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
> >
>
> > "sf" > wrote in message
>
> > ...
>
> > > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:37:48 -0400, Dave Smith
>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > >> On 2014-09-02 2:29 PM, sf wrote:
>
> > >>
>
> > >> >> Interesting It placed me in Newark / Paterson, Yonkers and Jersey
>
> > >> >> City
>
> > >> >>
>
> > >> >> Ophelia a Yorkshire lassie <g>
>
> > >> >
>
> > >> > It put you on the East Coast, so that's fine. We have East Coast
>
> > >> > accents that can be traced to specific areas in England. I'd wonder
>
> > >> > how legitimate that quiz was if it placed you out West.
>
> > >>
>
> > >> The quiz is about vocabulary, not accent. The results might have been
>
> > >> different if there were questions involving bonnets, boots or hoods and
>
> > >> trunks. The questions and results are for Americans.
>
> > >
>
> > > There were plenty of how do you pronounce type questions as well as
>
> > > vocabulary.
>
> > >
>
> > It was both.
>
> >
>
> > What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
>
> > comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's funny.
>
> > So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I don't know why.
>
>
>
> Pronouncing been (bin) as been (bean) has always struck me as funny.
>
> 1930's over acting type funny. Okay, weird funny.
>
>
> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

If you want to sound like a hillbilly, then pronounce been as (bin).

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:48:00 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> This will tell you.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>
>
>
> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>
> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.

LOL I was born in NYC and lived there until age 18 when I moved to Michigan, the quiz says I am from Detroit, close enough, as I now call soft drinks pop instead of soda, like I used to.

On 9/3/14, 10:56 AM, Roy wrote:

> If you want to sound like a hillbilly, then pronounce been as (bin).

IMO, almost everyone pronounces it as "bean" in compound terms, such as
"He is a has-been." But by itself, most people in conversation diminish
the vowel toward "bin."

-- Larry

On 9/2/2014 4:49 PM, Mayo wrote:
> On 9/2/2014 3:26 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 9/2/2014 9:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> This will tell you.
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>>
>>
>> I answered it as I would have had I not been transported to Texas and It
>> pegged me right in the heart of New Jersey.
>>
>> Hudson County girl, here, and damned proud of it!
>>
> Do you ever miss Scrapple?

That's Pennsylvania.

Trenton area is Taylor Pork Roll

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On 9/2/2014 4:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> This will tell you.
> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>
> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>

What do you call white people?

A) Haoles
B) White Devils
C) Bubba
D) Good ole boys
E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
F) What's a "white people?"

If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!

On 9/3/14, 1:11 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:

> Trenton area is Taylor Pork Roll

Case Pork Roll is pretty good too.

"Trenton Makes; the World Takes." 8

-- Larry

On 2014-09-03 12:47 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 9/3/14, 10:56 AM, Roy wrote:
>
>> If you want to sound like a hillbilly, then pronounce been as (bin).
>
> IMO, almost everyone pronounces it as "bean" in compound terms, such as
> "He is a has-been." But by itself, most people in conversation diminish
> the vowel toward "bin."

Not around here. Most people pronounce it with a long e, as most things
with double e are. That is what makes the quiz somewhat relevant.

On 2014-09-02 10:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
> comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's
> funny. So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I
> don't know why.


Because idiocy runs in the family?

On 9/3/2014 1:50 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 9/3/14, 1:11 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Trenton area is Taylor Pork Roll
>
> Case Pork Roll is pretty good too.
>
> "Trenton Makes; the World Takes." 8

Ha, I just passed that bridge a couple of weeks ago
on the way to New Hope.

I had Taylor Pork Roll with egg and cheese on a roll
for breakfast yesterday. Always a nice thing. Of course,
the cat demands a vig of the pork roll or I can't eat in
peace.

nancy

On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:47:23 -0400, pltrgyst > wrote:

> On 9/3/14, 10:56 AM, Roy wrote:
>
> > If you want to sound like a hillbilly, then pronounce been as (bin).
>
> IMO, almost everyone pronounces it as "bean" in compound terms, such as
> "He is a has-been." But by itself, most people in conversation diminish
> the vowel toward "bin."
>
> -- Larry
>
Maybe they do that on the East Coast, but not here. I don't pronounce
been as "bean" (ever), nor does anyone I know. Been is always
pronounced "bin".


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On 9/2/2014 10:39 AM, zxcvbob wrote:

> I took it twice. First time, it said Jackson MS, Houston, or St Louis.
> I thought the St Louis one was weird, and it picked that from the
> answer "crawdad". Well, I grew up calling them crawdads but switched at
> some point to crawfish; I don't have a strong preference for either word.
>
> Took it again with pretty much the same answers (a few of the questions
> were a little different) but said "crawfish" this time. Shreveport,
> Houston, or Baton Rouge.
>
> I'd say that's pretty good. I grew up in East Texas, just a little
> north of Houston. We watched Houston television, Houston radio, and
> subscribed to a Houston newpaper. My parents still live there. I've
> lived in Minnesota for 20+ years, and still have a Texas accent but have
> picked up new words for things we didn't have back then (like roundabouts)
>
> Bob

Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Jackson. I was born in a city north of
Houston, and now I live in one. I also lived in Louisiana on and off. I
do not think I have a Southern accent, but my family does. I am willing
to accept that I do, as well.

Becca

On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:11:38 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 9/2/2014 4:49 PM, Mayo wrote:
> > On 9/2/2014 3:26 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> >> On 9/2/2014 9:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>> This will tell you.
> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
> >>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I answered it as I would have had I not been transported to Texas and It
> >> pegged me right in the heart of New Jersey.
> >>
> >> Hudson County girl, here, and damned proud of it!
> >>
> > Do you ever miss Scrapple?
>
> That's Pennsylvania.
>
> Trenton area is Taylor Pork Roll

I'd be willing to give that a try.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...pamVtaylor.jpg


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On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:50:14 -0400, pltrgyst > wrote:

> On 9/3/14, 1:11 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> > Trenton area is Taylor Pork Roll
>
> Case Pork Roll is pretty good too.
>

Are the ingredients in a Case roll pretty much the same as Taylor's?


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On 9/3/2014 11:11 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 9/2/2014 4:49 PM, Mayo wrote:
>> On 9/2/2014 3:26 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> On 9/2/2014 9:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> This will tell you.
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>>>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I answered it as I would have had I not been transported to Texas and It
>>> pegged me right in the heart of New Jersey.
>>>
>>> Hudson County girl, here, and damned proud of it!
>>>
>> Do you ever miss Scrapple?
>
> That's Pennsylvania.
>
> Trenton area is Taylor Pork Roll
>
Ah!

Learned something there.

On 9/3/2014 11:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 9/2/2014 4:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> This will tell you.
>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>
>>
>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>
>
> What do you call white people?
>
> A) Haoles
> B) White Devils
> C) Bubba
> D) Good ole boys
> E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
> F) What's a "white people?"
>
> If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!


What region uses B?

On 9/3/2014 2:05 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 9/3/2014 1:50 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
>> On 9/3/14, 1:11 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> Trenton area is Taylor Pork Roll
>>
>> Case Pork Roll is pretty good too.
>>
>> "Trenton Makes; the World Takes." 8
>
> Ha, I just passed that bridge a couple of weeks ago
> on the way to New Hope.
>
> I had Taylor Pork Roll with egg and cheese on a roll
> for breakfast yesterday. Always a nice thing. Of course,
> the cat demands a vig of the pork roll or I can't eat in
> peace.
>
> nancy
>
>
>

I can't stand the smell of frying pork roll. I think that's the only
food small that makes me gag.

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On 9/3/2014 12:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-09-02 10:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
>> comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's
>> funny. So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I
>> don't know why.
>
>
> Because idiocy runs in the family?

Gosh you're getting grumpy of late.

On 9/3/2014 12:28 PM, Mayo wrote:
> On 9/3/2014 11:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 9/2/2014 4:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> This will tell you.
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>>
>>
>> What do you call white people?
>>
>> A) Haoles
>> B) White Devils
>> C) Bubba
>> D) Good ole boys
>> E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
>> F) What's a "white people?"
>>
>> If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!
>
>
> What region uses B?

All of China? :-)

"Mayo" > wrote in message ...
> On 9/3/2014 12:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-09-02 10:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
>>> comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's
>>> funny. So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I
>>> don't know why.
>>
>>
>> Because idiocy runs in the family?
>
> Gosh you're getting grumpy of late.

I think he was born grumpy.

On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:23:26 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> On 9/3/2014 12:28 PM, Mayo wrote:
> > On 9/3/2014 11:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> >> On 9/2/2014 4:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>> This will tell you.
> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
> >>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
> >>>
> >>
> >> What do you call white people?
> >>
> >> A) Haoles
> >> B) White Devils
> >> C) Bubba
> >> D) Good ole boys
> >> E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
> >> F) What's a "white people?"
> >>
> >> If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!
> >
> >
> > What region uses B?
>
> All of China? :-)

We're called "long nose" in China. I thought the native population on
our mainland called us White Devil.


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On 2014-09-03 11:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Mayo" > wrote in message ...
>> On 9/3/2014 12:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-09-02 10:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
>>>> comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's
>>>> funny. So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I
>>>> don't know why.
>>>
>>>
>>> Because idiocy runs in the family?
>>
>> Gosh you're getting grumpy of late.
>
> I think he was born grumpy.

Perhaps. But I was born with a brain.

On 2014-09-03 3:10 PM, sf wrote:

> Maybe they do that on the East Coast, but not here. I don't pronounce
> been as "bean" (ever), nor does anyone I know. Been is always
> pronounced "bin".
>


Not even if asked how it should be pronounced?

On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:02:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-09-03 3:10 PM, sf wrote:
>
> > Maybe they do that on the East Coast, but not here. I don't pronounce
> > been as "bean" (ever), nor does anyone I know. Been is always
> > pronounced "bin".
> >
>
>
> Not even if asked how it should be pronounced?

I can't help it if you mispronounce a perfectly simple word.


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On 2014-09-04 10:46 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:02:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-09-03 3:10 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe they do that on the East Coast, but not here. I don't pronounce
>>> been as "bean" (ever), nor does anyone I know. Been is always
>>> pronounced "bin".
>>>
>>
>>
>> Not even if asked how it should be pronounced?
>
> I can't help it if you mispronounce a perfectly simple word.
>
>

I will remember that the next time I go to a trailer park.

On 9/3/2014 8:23 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 9/3/2014 12:28 PM, Mayo wrote:
>> On 9/3/2014 11:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 9/2/2014 4:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> This will tell you.
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>>>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What do you call white people?
>>>
>>> A) Haoles
>>> B) White Devils
>>> C) Bubba
>>> D) Good ole boys
>>> E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
>>> F) What's a "white people?"
>>>
>>> If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!
>>
>>
>> What region uses B?
>
> All of China? :-)

Uh oh...

This bodes ill for the Wuigers(sp?)...

On 9/3/2014 9:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Mayo" > wrote in message ...
>> On 9/3/2014 12:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-09-02 10:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
>>>> comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's
>>>> funny. So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I
>>>> don't know why.
>>>
>>>
>>> Because idiocy runs in the family?
>>
>> Gosh you're getting grumpy of late.
>
> I think he was born grumpy.

Might be, some times he is a good read however.

I think being a constable over-exposed him to human nature, some remnant
cynicism is to be expected.

On 9/3/2014 10:08 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:23:26 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 9/3/2014 12:28 PM, Mayo wrote:
>>> On 9/3/2014 11:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 9/2/2014 4:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> This will tell you.
>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...map.html?_r=2&
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pegged me for Philadelphia but I moved from there in 1981. I guess
>>>>> you never lose that vocabulary learned in the formative years.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do you call white people?
>>>>
>>>> A) Haoles
>>>> B) White Devils
>>>> C) Bubba
>>>> D) Good ole boys
>>>> E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
>>>> F) What's a "white people?"
>>>>
>>>> If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!
>>>
>>>
>>> What region uses B?
>>
>> All of China? :-)
>
> We're called "long nose" in China. I thought the native population on
> our mainland called us White Devil.
>
>
Kinda makes you want to put a bone through your nose and cook up some
missionaries...
;-)

On 9/4/2014 7:00 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-09-03 11:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Mayo" > wrote in message ...
>>> On 9/3/2014 12:35 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2014-09-02 10:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What I thought was funny was the word "been". Colin Mochrie (Canadian
>>>>> comedian) always pronounces it as "seen" with a "b" and I think it's
>>>>> funny. So I sometimes say it like that. Ticks my mom right off. I
>>>>> don't know why.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Because idiocy runs in the family?
>>>
>>> Gosh you're getting grumpy of late.
>>
>> I think he was born grumpy.
>
> Perhaps. But I was born with a brain.
>
See, you really are peevish of late.

On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:47:39 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> On 9/3/2014 8:23 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On 9/3/2014 12:28 PM, Mayo wrote:
> >> On 9/3/2014 11:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> >>>
> >>> What do you call white people?
> >>>
> >>> A) Haoles
> >>> B) White Devils
> >>> C) Bubba
> >>> D) Good ole boys
> >>> E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
> >>> F) What's a "white people?"
> >>>
> >>> If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!
> >>
> >>
> >> What region uses B?
> >
> > All of China? :-)
>
> Uh oh...
>
> This bodes ill for the Wuigers(sp?)...

Uyghurs. Residents of Xinjiang aka: East Turkestan They're Muslim
and trying to keep their culture. They are definitely not Han Chinese
(different features and religion), but they won't be for long the way
China sends Han everywhere they want to take over. There's too much
money at stake by way of oil and natural gas for it to be any other
way.

I still don't understand why China won't let Tibet exist in peace.


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On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:46:31 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-09-04 10:46 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:02:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2014-09-03 3:10 PM, sf wrote:
> >>
> >>> Maybe they do that on the East Coast, but not here. I don't pronounce
> >>> been as "bean" (ever), nor does anyone I know. Been is always
> >>> pronounced "bin".
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Not even if asked how it should be pronounced?
> >
> > I can't help it if you mispronounce a perfectly simple word.
> >
> >
>
> I will remember that the next time I go to a trailer park.

Please do.


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On 2014-09-04 12:14 PM, sf wrote:

> Uyghurs. Residents of Xinjiang aka: East Turkestan They're Muslim
> and trying to keep their culture. They are definitely not Han Chinese
> (different features and religion), but they won't be for long the way
> China sends Han everywhere they want to take over. There's too much
> money at stake by way of oil and natural gas for it to be any other
> way.
>
> I still don't understand why China won't let Tibet exist in peace.
>


I don't understand why the US still has an embargo against Cuba. Nor do
I understand why people are so concerned about Tibet. They seem to be
overly hung up on religion there. At least they are peaceful people.

On 9/4/2014 10:14 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:47:39 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 9/3/2014 8:23 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 9/3/2014 12:28 PM, Mayo wrote:
>>>> On 9/3/2014 11:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you call white people?
>>>>>
>>>>> A) Haoles
>>>>> B) White Devils
>>>>> C) Bubba
>>>>> D) Good ole boys
>>>>> E) I don't call white people because I don't got no phone
>>>>> F) What's a "white people?"
>>>>>
>>>>> If you answered "A" you're from Hawaii. It's so simple!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What region uses B?
>>>
>>> All of China? :-)
>>
>> Uh oh...
>>
>> This bodes ill for the Wuigers(sp?)...
>
> Uyghurs. Residents of Xinjiang aka: East Turkestan They're Muslim
> and trying to keep their culture. They are definitely not Han Chinese
> (different features and religion), but they won't be for long the way
> China sends Han everywhere they want to take over. There's too much
> money at stake by way of oil and natural gas for it to be any other
> way.
>
> I still don't understand why China won't let Tibet exist in peace.
>
>
No kidding, that sore has been ongoing for far too long.