tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post4194360749153617931..comments2023-10-25T06:32:53.233-04:00Comments on Imagine: Ephemera: Correct Englishkenjuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-42126046633260533902008-12-23T23:33:00.000-05:002008-12-23T23:33:00.000-05:00I love regional accents. All of them. Hang on to y...I love regional accents. All of them. Hang on to yours. I used to enjoy trying to guess where someone was from originally just by the accent. <BR/><BR/>Merry christmasChancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888087428059834691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-33159436950571735382008-12-23T23:25:00.000-05:002008-12-23T23:25:00.000-05:00What a great old book! I wonder if it's still in p...What a great old book! I wonder if it's still in print? Looks like fun although it was torture when my parents tried to get rid of my jersey accent in jr high with a speech therapist!<BR/><BR/>Happy holidays and all the best in '09!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-7296595592970006092008-12-23T23:02:00.000-05:002008-12-23T23:02:00.000-05:00Please accept with no obligation, express, implied...Please accept with no obligation, express, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally-conscious, socially responsible, low-strees, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the Winter Holiday practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, and/or secular practices of your choice, with due and appropriate respect for the religious and/or secular persuasions and practices of others (generally considered to be members of the homo sapiens species and recognized as such) or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.<BR/><BR/>I also wish you a fiscally-successful, personally-fulfilling, and medically-uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally-accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only "AMERICA" in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.<BR/><BR/>By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent Holiday Greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher...<BR/><BR/>In other words, have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year!raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-82897464558668676442008-12-23T22:38:00.000-05:002008-12-23T22:38:00.000-05:00It sounds like my grandfater and your mother would...It sounds like my grandfater and your mother would have got along well. My Grandfather was a radio announcer back in the day and was a big advocate for proper enunciation, punctuation, grammar and spelling. <BR/>He used to complain to radio stations and newspapers about their disc jockeys and poor reporting all the time! He would have loved that magazine!<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas Judy!Olyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860232339207196108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-68771150283828416632008-12-23T21:45:00.000-05:002008-12-23T21:45:00.000-05:00In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or artic...In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and amicable philosophical or psychological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity. <BR/><BR/>Let your conversational communications possess a compacted conciseness, a clarified comprehensibility, a coalescent cogency and a concatenated consistency. <BR/><BR/>Eschew obfuscation and all conglomeration of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine affectations. <BR/><BR/>Let your extemporaneous descants and unpremeditated expatiations have intelligibility and voracious vivacity without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast. <BR/><BR/>Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolificacy and vain vapid verbosity. <BR/><BR/>If you are really interested to know, the above means: “Be brief and don’t use big words.” <BR/><BR/>MERRY CHRISTMAS Judy !raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-25659149328343899262008-12-23T13:19:00.000-05:002008-12-23T13:19:00.000-05:00I never thought I had the "twang", it always seeme...I never thought I had the "twang", it always seemed that more of the southern parts of the state had a definite accent. But we don't really notice these attributes as much as those from other locales. Have a Merry Christmas.themomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372778365091908638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-21720942301435558822008-12-23T12:03:00.000-05:002008-12-23T12:03:00.000-05:00I just found your blog. We are in the same part o...I just found your blog. We are in the same part of the country.<BR/><BR/>Your comment about boners in high places had me laughing aloud.<BR/><BR/>I'll be back for another visit. Beware, I do like pink, but don't hold it against me. My favorite color is yellow. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-81516478487522315332008-12-23T10:30:00.000-05:002008-12-23T10:30:00.000-05:00I really need to hear the hill billy twang.When I ...I really need to hear the hill billy twang.<BR/>When I get angry (not too often) I speak with a broad Lancashire accent which makes people blink.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-35093320396539046482008-12-23T09:05:00.000-05:002008-12-23T09:05:00.000-05:00Top speech awards were mine in high school. Speec...Top speech awards were mine in high school. Speech therapy was my first choice of a college major. I believe it was because I had braces on my teeth. I had to work harder to overcome the braces. Now braces long gone, I have worked my way over the years to total Okie.Granny Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165058412950953296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-90553542473563679282008-12-23T07:28:00.000-05:002008-12-23T07:28:00.000-05:00I lived in the South for 12 years, Kansas for almo...I lived in the South for 12 years, Kansas for almost 3 and then in WV for 25, so my accent is all over the place! Surprisingly, the Evil Twin, who was born and raised here in WV, doesn't have the accent (at least I can't hear it).Evil Twin's Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947080160500549248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-28394949688413564232008-12-23T06:28:00.000-05:002008-12-23T06:28:00.000-05:00Gee, I never read you with a twang! That magazine ...Gee, I never read you with a twang! That magazine sounds ike it would still be useful today. I guess good grammar never goes out of style.Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021041066225678236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-27150287036426002922008-12-23T04:18:00.000-05:002008-12-23T04:18:00.000-05:00Omigod, Judy!!! I can do a West by God Virginia t...Omigod, Judy!!! I can do a West by God Virginia twang. This town is full of transplanted West Virginians who left the hills to work in the steel mills. One friend who still has family down there jokes that he has to go back and renew his citizenship sohe can "talk right".Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-85112156556159215522008-12-23T01:07:00.000-05:002008-12-23T01:07:00.000-05:00I guess I have the same knack because I find mysel...I guess I have the same knack because I find myself enunciating more and speaking with a pronounced British accent when I'm around my ride share buddy.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797288816050536125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958679963868626698.post-48903113682614914242008-12-23T00:13:00.000-05:002008-12-23T00:13:00.000-05:00Maybe Boners in High Places is about people that d...Maybe <B>Boners in High Places</B> is about people that debone chicken in Denver. As for the WV twang, I suspect that sounds great. One of my favorite voices in music is Donna Fargo, and while she's from NC, not WV, she sure does have a twang to her voice.<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas, Judy.utenzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988445461413550750noreply@blogger.com