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- From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
- Newsgroups: alt.appalachian
- Subject: Re: Mawmaw and Pawpaw origin?
- Message-ID: <1egv30INNa20@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:57:04 GMT
- References: <Bxz50t.vs@hpuerca.atl.hp.com>
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- In article vs@hpuerca.atl.hp.com, mhr@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Mike Reaser) writes:
- >
- >>Southern accents are routinely
- >>used ... to denote people of low intellect.
- >
- >I encounter this almost every day at work.
- >
- >I call this the "Billy Joe Jim Bob" syndrome. Anyone else run into
- >this same prejudice?
-
- My wife has a pronounced East Tennessee accent. She also is
- attractive, has long blond hair, and big boobs. Twin degrees in
- Physics and Mathematics and a successful career help not the slightest
- in her attempts to be taken seriously.
-
- Anyone who actually works with her quickly comes to appreciate her
- qualifications, but first impressions are always a killer.
- (unfortunately, job interviews are little more than extended first
- impressions).
-
-
- ---
- Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
- Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM |and I showed him a picture of you. I said,
- DoD #0111 (919)460-8302 |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
- (The Grateful Dead) --> |It seemed like the least I could do...
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