To: fidelis; V K Lee; GOPJ; rlmorel; qaz123; HarleyLady27
| An awesome thread! And FReepers went to town with their contributions... I was a blue Yankee transplanted for six years to Athens, Georgia red clay. My complaint is I could not find native tellers of this Southern humor. Is it a lost art despite Lewis Grizzard's efforts to keep it alive? Mark Twain talked about a "American humorous story" which he compared to stories that are merely witty or comic in his essay How to Tell a Story. A great example is his own story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. |  |
152 posted on
03/02/2023 2:53:37 PM PST by
poconopundit
(Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
To: poconopundit
Florence King was a pretty funny Southern writer when she had her Misanthrope’s Corner at National Review. She passed in 2016.
170 posted on
03/02/2023 7:10:40 PM PST by
Pelham
To: poconopundit; fidelis
I have really enjoyed this thread! It is indeed mostly Americana!
189 posted on
03/03/2023 7:17:53 AM PST by
rlmorel
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