Re: CHAT: Californian secessionists (was Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German])

"Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote:
> Quoting Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...>:
> >     I beg your pardon.  Fairfield County is not most of Connecticut.
>
> Yes, yes, I am aware of this. It's really too bad that tone is
> difficult to convey online;  it would have been obvious in speech
> that I was exaggerating for effect.
    That's OK.  So was I.  I actually grew up in Fairfield County, but I've
lived in Hartford for years and I've picked up the irritation the rest of
the state feels when people assume that Conn. == rich suburbs.

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