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Originally Posted by Jack Moroney
Couldn't agree more. Damn, just the differences in intonation, culture, idioms are enough to screw the pooch when it comes to getting your point across. My first trip south of the Mason-Dixon line when I first entered the military was enough of a challenge and we all supposedly spoke the same language. Even my grandkids speak with phrases that need a handbook or pointee-talkee cards to understand.
Jack Moroney-still wondering what the meaning of the word "is" is.
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I have no business posting in this thread Jack BUT, speaking of that Mason-Dixon line, I've taught forging steel in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, at the invitation of a Penland School... this Oregon boy got exposed to some serious foriegn culture and I didn't even have to show a passport to get there.
One of my students at Penland was a gentleman named Dr. Dick Blomberg. Dick was in charge of the new products division of some little outfit out east called Dupont.
he's the guy who ran the shop that came up with Kevlar, Nomex and Lycra.
Dick gets points for being a difficult student. I've already told him this.
Back to your regular programming...
Edited to add, Pay attention to what Jack said!