From: Russ Grayson <pacedge@magna.com.au>
Sorry - what does this dialect mean? Incomprehensible to non-US English
speakers.
Sorry, Russ, literary reference! *Cool Hand Luke* (an' I don't mean Paul
Newman- the book is much better) Not that North Florida speaks US English.
(Although unlike what's spoken in South Florida, it is a sort of English!)
the line the camp boss speaks when he's about to get vicious; discussion's
over, he's about to start using his nigh-unlimited power. Has a very special
place in my heart since I read the book while I was serving a year in High
School 15 miles north of the Florida border. Talk about an educational
system!
-Rick
"Naow I daon' know 'bout this hyeah ee-vo-looshun, whatchy'all gotta
rememmer is issjusta thay-oree"
-Coach Roland, college level biology teacher, 1967
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