A nation divided by a common language

[Eric Nielsen]

It reminds me of what Southeners reportedly said after Jimmy Carter was
elected:

"Oh boy, we finally have a president who doesn't speak with an accent."

Eric

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On an old clip on Turner Classic Movies, director George Sidney (born in
> Long Island City in 1916) says that when Ava Gardner (born in Grabtown in
> 1922) came to Hollywood in the '40s, "She couldn't speak English. She was
> from the South."
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> You couldn't understand her.
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> JL.
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