Well hi there & Katie (ewe-all)
Next time yew'r down in our neck of the woulds in San Diego, wheeelll have
to go scouting our local east county redneck terratoreez.
Therr so liberal & outgoing we could even bring Mom & Dad along.
Lots of local western dance places & frequent visits by the Hell's Angels.
Funny thing though the atmosphere in the local stores is friendly & relaxed
even though it can get uncomortably hot in the summertime in the area.
Well happy typing to ewe-all up thair in the north.
Judy B. in San Diego {:>}
At 02:23 PM 5/11/99 -0700, Kelly, Katie wrote:
>All right, I have to take a stand.
>
>I said, "Look, they have rednecks in Livermore. All towns should have
>rednecks."
>
>This was an observation affirming the "value" of the redneck. Why, some of
>my best friends are rednecks.
>
>I also try my best to mingle with the "redneck" culture. I chose to study
>theatre at Cal State University, Bakersfield, a community comprised
>predominately of rednecks. I treated them the same as I would anyone else.
>Some of them were even my close friends. I even shared the locker room with
>some of them.
>
>How I enjoyed the people and their ways! On one particularly warm evening, I
>was invited to a special festival held at a lovely establishment in the
>former Costco, called "the Rockin' Rodeo." If you can imagine, this house of
>worship had to be four football fields large. There I was invited to partake
>in their traditional dances and rituals. I will never forget watching the
>natives dance in a "line." They practiced some very complicated footwork to
>a very beautiful and poetic song, something about friends in low places,
>think I'll drive myself down to the Oasis, or something like that. Just
>touching.
>
>As I did study theatre at this fine educational institution, I was very
>impressed with some of the natives' adaptation of the standard American
>dialect. Many of these fine people's ancestries began in the ancient land of
>Oklahoma, and many have maintained their traditional manners of dress and
>speech. Of course, a few of my fellow students had problems with the concept
>of "one syllable words." For example, the word fork was very difficult
>master. Many pronounced it as, "fowark."
>
>So, as you can see, my words were not meant as barbs, as you incorrectly
>assumed, but as words intended to encourage a celebration of our
>differences!
>
>Later,
>Katie
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