The wall crumbles

[Jonathan Lighter]

Years ago "The Tracey Ullman Show" had a skit about a couple who were bickering constantly as they toured California on their vacation.  At one point the wife (Ullman) demanded, "I want to go to the Wine Country !"

To which her husband (Dan "Homer Simpson" Castellenata) replied, "You're ALWAYS in the W'ine Country !"

Get it ? Get it ? "Wine Country !" Wot fun !

JL



"Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU> wrote:
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>I've just heard a black woman pronounce "whining" as "wining" instead
>of as "hwining." The old order crumbleth. Well, it's to be expected, I
>guess. A barracksmate of mine from Cincinnati once remarked, "Have you
>noticed that, in words spelled with 'wh,' the 'h' is not pronounced?"
>He was lucky to escape with his life. That was in 1961. I comforted
>myself with the thought that we blacks would continue to represent and
>keep it real. Oh, well. Nobody ever claimed that desegregation would
>not have its down sides. ;-)

Not to worry. Some of us white folks are helping you keep it real.

Bethany


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