At 06:48 PM 7/31/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Someone recently said something about my being rude upon meeting me in
>Bowie at the Original British Car Day. The gentleman was from N.
>Carolina. I think it was because when he asked "Is this your car?" I
>said "Yes, you gotta problem with that?" which I think can be
>translated to in N. Carolinaees as " Why yes kind sir,it is.Is there
>any thing further you'd like to know about it?"
" Safety Fast,
David "don't make me come over there" Deutsch
>By the way, if I wave to you, you better wave back.
David,
Occasionally, Northerners might be thought of as somewhat rude here in the
South. Historically, this comes from The War of Northern Aggression when
Sherman came down here and built really big bonfires. Here in the South you
just don't build a big fire unless you put a pig over it and he didn't!
This is considered really, really tacky. I'm sure you're not rude.
Don Mathis,Ph.D.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES
donmathis@lucent.com
'61 MGA '37 Bentley
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