On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Ray Dillinger wrote:
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Bill Stewart wrote:
Besides, Jim, as a Texan your tradition role in discussions of natural gas policies is supposed to be to say "let the bastards freeze in the dark" :-)
ITYM "Wal, we can ship ya some natcherl gas, er some awl, but it's a gonna cost ya.... Tha awl bidness has its ups and downs, ya see. " :-)
Ray, your Texas drawl sucks. Yankee's start sentences with "Well,...." and there is no Texas drawl on '...el...'. People from Kansas and Oklahoma (definitely not southern) say 'awl'. I don't know anyone who pronounces it 'natcherl', definitely no native Texan. Yankee's say 'it's a gonna', we say 'it's fixin' to'. 'Tha' isn't Texan, 'Thuh' would be. 'bidness' is a (black) yankee term, not southern. And we don't say 'ya see'. You have yankee/mid-west confused with Texas/southern. But me and my native Texas friends got a kick outta it, thanks for the giggles. ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------