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Article #2829Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split
From: Mike Cohen
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 19:04
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 19:04
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broudy@mizar.usc.edu (David S. Broudy) writes: >In article <CoMMGp.3nG@unocal.com> >dblpmrm@mayan.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Mark R. Miller) writes: >> I grew up among orange trees. People were friendly, courteous, >> and helpful. We never locked our car or house. California drivers had a nation- >> wide reputation for being some of the best and most courteous drivers. Then came >> the "foreigners". People like you have turned paradise into hell. What you think of >> as "native" Californians are really transplants like yourself. Thanks to you and >> people like you I now live in an overcrowded, hostile, aggressive, abusive community >> ...just like New York. >Thank you thank you thank you! >I can still remember the orange blossom smells... ahhhhhhhh. >Of course, someone had to come along and ruin it. These are the same >babies squealing about the low quality of life, high cost of housing, >etc, here in SoCal and moving on, thank god. >The only bad thing is, they'll find some other nice place to mess >up... If you really want to improve the quality of life here, WHY DON'T YOU ALL GET RID OF YOUR CARS? I fail to understand why anyone would actually *enjoy* driving and would choose to do so if any other alternatives are available. DEMAND public transit! Wouldn't it be better to relax, listen to a CD, and work on your PowerBook on the way to work rather than fight for your life against drivers wielding 2000 lb deadly weapons (their cars)? -- Mike Cohen - isis@netcom.com NewtonMail, eWorld: MikeC / ALink: D6734 / AOL: MikeC20
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107d03,3991695550f96f40 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,3991695550f96f40 X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: 10a20a,3991695550f96f40 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a20a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-23 12:04:12 PST Newsgroups: sci.lang,la.general,ba.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!amdahl!netcomsv!netcom.com!isis From: isis@netcom.com (Mike Cohen) Subject: Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split Message-ID: <isisCoq7n1.G54@netcom.com> Organization: ISIS International References: <2oeuct$sjt@mizar.usc.edu> <2of3p1$g7c@fido.asd.sgi.com> <2ofc8e$dh9@agate.berkeley.edu> <jgkCo6rEt.LKo@netcom.com> <isisCo7K26.274@netcom.com> <2ohnqk$r19@usc.edu> <isisCo9FCL.KJJ@netcom.com> <CoMMGp.3nG@unocal.com> <2p9jpq$i0k@usc.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 19:04:12 GMT Lines: 33