I think your time at Mizzou straightened out your accent. Gave you that Fly-Over-Country eloquence.
Thanks for reading.
By the way, when I was in Seoul for the '88 Olympics and tried out a couple of Korean words to be polite, I was told at one point by an Olympic volunteer that I had a "good Korean accent." Likely story.
Your thoughts remind me of the Kurt Vonnegut line that travels "are dancing lessons from God."
When I was in Seoul for the Olympics, I tried to be polite by picking up a handful of Korean words, and at one point--this is astounding, and I'm not sure how true it was--I was told by a Korean volunteer worker that I had "a good Korean accent." Hah. Well, I tried.
I am from Brooklyn and went to college in Denver and then Missouri. Once on a "woodsie" in Wyoming, I spent the night entertaining others. "Say dog," the crowd insisted. "Dawg," I replied. "Car," they pleaded. "Cah," I answered. Somehow, I've lost a lot of the Brooklyn accent -- where did it go? -- but not the Brooklyn identity. Still home, still the best, still the only place for pizza. Thanks, John
John, nice article, since I met you decades ago, you may have had a non-New York accent but you also spoke quickly , fitting in with all the classic NYers in our swarm.
Then again, we journalists travel so much that we become pack rats of words.
I can hear a coal miner friend from SW Virginia saying "poo-er" and I can hear Mickey Mantle turnig the word "red" into "ray-ed" and after living in "Lou-uh-vul"for two years,I have long since adapted "you-all" for plural. Wimbledon induced "boot" for car trunk and "lift" for elevator ...and the odd Spanish or French Italian word that just sounds right for the occasion.
It's a bonus for moving around, or travelling.
In broadest terms, you have become a Long Islander.
I think your time at Mizzou straightened out your accent. Gave you that Fly-Over-Country eloquence.
Thanks for reading.
By the way, when I was in Seoul for the '88 Olympics and tried out a couple of Korean words to be polite, I was told at one point by an Olympic volunteer that I had a "good Korean accent." Likely story.
George.
Thanks for reading.
Your thoughts remind me of the Kurt Vonnegut line that travels "are dancing lessons from God."
When I was in Seoul for the Olympics, I tried to be polite by picking up a handful of Korean words, and at one point--this is astounding, and I'm not sure how true it was--I was told by a Korean volunteer worker that I had "a good Korean accent." Hah. Well, I tried.
Hey, thanks for reading. Hope you had a fabolous Christmas season. We did, both in the N.Y. snow and on our visit to London.
I am from Brooklyn and went to college in Denver and then Missouri. Once on a "woodsie" in Wyoming, I spent the night entertaining others. "Say dog," the crowd insisted. "Dawg," I replied. "Car," they pleaded. "Cah," I answered. Somehow, I've lost a lot of the Brooklyn accent -- where did it go? -- but not the Brooklyn identity. Still home, still the best, still the only place for pizza. Thanks, John
Enjoyed this piece, John.
John, nice article, since I met you decades ago, you may have had a non-New York accent but you also spoke quickly , fitting in with all the classic NYers in our swarm.
Then again, we journalists travel so much that we become pack rats of words.
I can hear a coal miner friend from SW Virginia saying "poo-er" and I can hear Mickey Mantle turnig the word "red" into "ray-ed" and after living in "Lou-uh-vul"for two years,I have long since adapted "you-all" for plural. Wimbledon induced "boot" for car trunk and "lift" for elevator ...and the odd Spanish or French Italian word that just sounds right for the occasion.
It's a bonus for moving around, or travelling.
In broadest terms, you have become a Long Islander.
GV