Bush has not stiffed the English language, but he may have crawfished around it

The Times ^ | September 6, 2002 | Philip Howard

[js1138]

The Double Whammy was the invention of Evil Eye Fleegle in The Lil' Abner comic strip.

[Brookhaven]

For someone born in Conneticut and raised in elite private schools, Dubya sure does talk...ethnic? I was born and raised in the South. Where did he learn his accent?

It's obviously genuine. IMHO, most peoples accents are formed in their early years. By the time they start kindergarten it is pretty much set.

I guess he gets his Texas accent from having spent most of his early years in Texas. He doesn't have a "hard" Texas accent. Probably the influence of his non-Texas raised parents.

I've always thought his accent was one aspect of the press' critisim of his speech. There seems to be a bias against southern accents of any type amoung the mainstream press. Other regional speech patterns (Baltimore, New York, New Jersey, Boston, Maine, Minnesota, etc...) are no more proper or improper than the typical southern or Texas one. Yet, somehow they get a pass by the press while someone speaking with a southern accent is tagged as not speaking proper English.

[Romulus]

With beignets at the Cafe du Monde, yes.

A fitting end to a dinner of crawfish, of course.

Didn't get a waitress saying "swaaaytie" though, and that sort of diminished the experience. ;)

Maybe an understudy could be found. ;-)

[MadIvan]

A fitting end to a dinner of crawfish, of course.

Sadly I'm allergic to crawfish. But I like how you have Tabasco with the salt and pepper in Louisiana. ;)

Maybe an understudy could be found. ;-)

No doubt.

Regards, Ivan

[Grammy]

"I've always thought his accent was one aspect of the press' critisim of his speech. There seems to be a bias against southern accents of any type amoung the mainstream press. "

Don't you know that people automatically deduct 60 points from an IQ if they hear a southern accent? That is why so many people underestimate a southerner. (and the southerners know it, and use that to their advantage.)

[Mr. Mulliner]

You've got the right perspective on this one, Kay (as always). I can hardly believe that this is making such a big splash overseas, let alone in our own country. And I'm not even suthern.

[Billthedrill]

I've been careful in this regard ever since "I look like a bum" slipped out whilst in the company of some British friends...

[MadIvan]

I've been careful in this regard ever since "I look like a bum" slipped out whilst in the company of some British friends...

I will be very polite and not burst out laughing at your predicament. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[SGCOS]

Bush is a poet,
and he don't even know it,
but his feet show it,
they're Longfellows.

(sorry, somebody had to)

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you so much for the post and the ping. That was lovely.(^:

Surprise, the Europeans don't hate us. A majority support our war on terror and sympathize w/ our stance on Iraq. Who knew? The 6000 person poll contradicts the Euro-US press anti-American campaign:
Consulting the 'allies'.

[tillacum]

Wall, Ahl be hornswaggled, that was a naace piece to read.
Thanx.

[tillacum]

Or, "we're in full swaang roundin' up caves"