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Re: Nymphs from Tennesee

#957
From: Wayne Steinmetz
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1985 21:41
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In article <286@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA> travis@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA (Ward Travis) writes:
>Whoa, boys and girls! Nows'fer all this name-callin, I'gotsta say ...
>
>Now folks, really. I'm not a Yankee, in fact I hail from a little
>town called Boone in North Carolina, and in North Carolina we have a
>little bit of a rivalry with Tennessee, e.g. we say they can't drive
>right, and they say something back but we can't understand what they say.
>
>I wasn't trying to spark a fight with Tennessee, just pokin' fun with
>an old neighbor. And contrary to the song, nothin' beats the belles
>of Tennessee.
>
>Ward Travis
>(travis@cmu-cs-gandalf.arpa)

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Subject: Re:Re: Nymphs from Tennesee
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In article <286@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA> travis@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA (Ward Travis) writes:
>						... we say they can't drive
>right, and they say something back but we can't understand what they say.

I'm not so sure I see anything wrong with their driving (I'm a born and
raised NJian - which explains the poking going on here by the way), but
I will agree with the fact that "ya caant undastaind a wad thay say".

>I wasn't trying to spark a fight with Tennessee, just pokin' fun with

Not to worry, this was just an opportunity for us Tennesseyun to let
the NET know we were here (and do our part to clutter it up :-)).

Wayne Steinmetz (at my own terminal)
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From: wayne@cylixd.UUCP (Wayne Steinmetz)
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Subject: Re: Nymphs from Tennesee
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 17:41:38 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 17:41:38 1985
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