Re : Fw: Sent to me from Georgia

the only place i know quite well in the states is Atlanta.
for some reason. so that was GOOD !

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 03/10/99 19:26:02  , jjbowks a =E9crit :
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> Sawthan Slang
>  >
>  >The Atlanta School Board, sensing that Oakland cashed in
>  >by labeling African American slang as the language
>  >"Ebonics," has decided to pursue some of the seemingly
>  >endless taxpayer pipeline through Washington by designating
>  >Southern slang, or "Hickphonics," as a language to be
>  >taught in all Southern schools.
>  >
>  >A speaker of this language would be a Hickophone. The
>  >following are excerpts from the Hickphonics/English
>  >dictionary:
>  >
>  >HEIDI - noun. Greeting.
>  >
>  >HIRE YEW - Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting.
>  >Usage: Heidi, hire yew?"
>  >
>  >BARD - verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
>  >Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
>  >
>  >JAWJUH - noun. The State north of Florida. Capitol is
>  >Lanner.
>  >Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck."
>  >
>  >BAMMER - noun. The State west of Jawjuh. Capitol is
>  >Berminhayum.
>  >Usage: "A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left
>  >$20,000,000 in improvements."
>  >
>  >MUNTS - noun. A calendar division.
>  >Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I
>  >ain't herd from him in munts."
>  >
>  >THANK - verb. Ability to cognitively process.
>  >Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a bare."
>  >
>  >IGNERT - adjective. Not smart. See "Alabama native."
>  >Usage: "Them Bammer boys sure are ignert!"
>  >
>  >RANCH - noun. A tool used for tight'nin' bolts.
>  >Usage: "I thank I left my ranch in the back of that pickup
>  >truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
>  >
>  >ALL - noun. A petroleum-based lubricant.
>  >Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my
>  >pickup truck."
>  >
>  >FAR - noun. A conflagration.
>  >Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my
>  >pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far."
>  >
>  >TAR - noun. A rubber wheel.
>  >Usage: "Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't
>  >git a flat tar in my pickup truck."
>  >
>  >TIRE - noun. A tall monument.
>  >Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I sure do
>  >hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime."
>  >
>  >RETARD - Verb. To stop working.
>  >Usage: "My grampaw retard at age 65."
>  >
>  >FAT - noun, verb. 1. a battle or combat. 2. to engage in
>  >battle or combat.
>  >Usage: "You younguns keep fat'n, n' ah'm gonna whup y'uh."
>  >
>  >FARN - adjective. Not local.
>  >Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed....mus' be from
>  >some farn country."
>  >
>  >DID - adjective. Not alive.
>  >Usage: "He's did, Jim."
>  >
>  >EAR - noun. A colorless, odorless gas: Oxygen.
>  >Usage: "He cain't breathe....give 'im some ear!"
>  >
>  >BOB WAR - noun. A sharp, twisted cable.
>  >Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."
>  >
>  >JEW HERE - Noun and verb contraction.
>  >Usage: "Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got a job
>  >th that bob war fence cump'ny?"
>  >
>  >HAZE - a contraction.
>  >Usage: "Is Bubba smart?"  "Nah....haze ignert. He ain't
>  >thanked but a minnit 'n 'is laf."
>  >
>  >SEED - verb, past tense of "to see."
>  >
>  >VIEW - contraction: verb and pronoun.
>  >Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City....view?"
>  >
>  >GUMMIT - Noun. A bureaucratic institution.
>  >Usage: "Them gummit boys shore are ignert."
>  >