for yankees - to help overcome prejudices...

[TexTuba]

[quote="Arkietuba"Most of the kids today probably don't even know Scottie Pippen... [/quote]

That would be a real shame.

[Arkietuba]

Most of the kids today probably don't even know Scottie Pippen...

That would be a real shame.

Yes it would be. I remember growing up watching him and Jordan just dominate everyone. Those were the days! I came to the realization last year that I was "old" when I finally had friends that were born in the 90's (and that my tuba instructor is only 3 years older than me) and they didn't remember some of the things I did...they remembered Pippen and Jordan though.

[tbn.al]

[quote="Arkietuba
Ok, I just now saw the "wonderboy" part.......makes sense that you wouldn't like someone famous from UCA [/quote]

Some things you just can't erase from your memory banks, like the automatic kneejerk response to "Wreck Tech"

As far as Pippen was concerned, it was on his off time. He wasn't in uniform or anything. He probably wanted not to be recognized. But it was just a little boy who idolized him and recognized him on his own. I didn't have a clue. Too bad, though. The kid is grown now and still remembers that day as if it were yesterday.

[Arkietuba]

[quote="Arkietuba]
Ok, I just now saw the "wonderboy" part.......makes sense that you wouldn't like someone famous from UCA

Some things you just can't erase from your memory banks, like the automatic kneejerk response to "Wreck Tech"

As far as Pippen was concerned, it was on his off time. He wasn't in uniform or anything. He probably wanted not to be recognized. But it was just a little boy who idolized him and recognized him on his own. I didn't have a clue. Too bad, though. The kid is grown now and still remembers that day as if it were yesterday.[/quote][/quote]

Well if it helps any, UCA doesn't play Tech in any sports now since we moved to Div. I! No rivarly other than between the music departments...but that'll never go away.

Well, if he did that, I'm sure it's not something he's proud of looking back on it but like you said...he probably didn't want any attention drawn to him but it's not cool to blow off your fans.

[TUBAD83]

One thing has been sealed in stone this week;

Yankees may never again state or imply that they are mentally superior to people of "the south".

Well I don't know about that just yet--The gov of my state consistently makes a complete *** of himself (Mr. Secessionist) and does a great job of embarrassing the Lone Star state. Mark Sanford continues to show he has no shame or sense by insisting on remaining in office and humiliating his family and the state of SC. And then there is the ex-congressman from New Orleans who hid his bribes in his freezer--such genius!!

JJ

[NC_amateur_euph]

I moved from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to North Carolina just before my employer was bought by an outfit based in California. The California types asked me to do a piece for the company newsletter describing North Carolina from the standpoint of a recent transplant from Texas.

I think my observations are illustrative of a lot of the South.

1. Four cars at an intersection constitutes a North Carolina traffic jam.

2. There are trees all over North Carolina that nobody planted.

3. If a North Carolinian says "hey", he's not picking a fight.

4. Not all North Carolinians have stills in their back yards. Some put them in sheds.

After 15 years, the traffic is a bit heavier but the other stuff applies.

And, yup, there are rednecks in all parts of the country. Redneckism ain't strictly southern though it may be practiced at a higher level down here in Gawd's Kountry.

[OldsRecording]

And, yup, there are rednecks in all parts of the country. Redneckism ain't strictly southern though it may be practiced at a higher level down here in Gawd's Kountry.

I live right next to a family of them up here in Olde New England.

[The Big Ben]

...I do, however, find this thread hysterically funny.

Can ANY of you who have NEVER been south of Iowa/Illinois/Ohio/Pennsyvania define (WITHOUT the aid of "google")

potlikker ...?

I can only guess:

1. Some sort of alcohol concoction mixed and served from a pot.

or

2. A pejorative for a person who is poor and reduced to feeding himself by consuming whatever is left in the bottom of a cooking pot after others are finished with it.

How did I do?

The South does have regional dialects which are quite creative and, at times humorous.

[TubaTodd]

I can only guess:

1. Some sort of alcohol concoction mixed and served from a pot.

or

2. A pejorative for a person who is poor and reduced to feeding himself by consuming whatever is left in the bottom of a cooking pot after others are finished with it.

How did I do?

Sorry dude. The first of the two is the closest to the truth....but still not right. Bloke is right. Before I moved south I had no idea what it was. Now that I live in Alabama it is part of my vocabulary....like y'all, sweet tea, corn bread, "fixing to...", and "WHERE'S THE F_ _ _ ING FLAG!?!?!?!?"

The South does have regional dialects which are quite creative and, at times humorous.

In upstate New York you call that dialect "Potato."

[dwaskew]

cattywampus - askew

since I'm from the South, I guess I should change my moniker to

dwcattywampus

[The Big Ben]

Words and dialects are fun.

Up here in the NW, we have many place names with Native American origins. It's always a kick to here radio broadcasters who 'aren't from here' tying to pronounce words.

[tbn.al]

And to the Northeast of Fifty-Six just 15 miles or so as the crow flies lies the town of Forty-Four. Which is situated on State Highway 56, which I had always heard was the namesake for the other town. However the town of Fifty-Six is no longer on Hyw. 56. It is now on State Hyw.14. I understand they changed the hyw number in the 30's.

Now you know the rest of the story. Welcome to my favorite home state.

[shovelingtom]

My town is a Choctaw word - Yazoo - which means (supposedly) river of death. We have towns named Neshoba, Noxubee, Tombigbee, Shuqualak, Wahalak, Tishomingo, Panola, Toomsuba, Pontotoc, Scooba, Tunica, Biloxi, Bogue Chitto, Byhalia, Chulahoma, Copiah, Pachuta, Pascagoula, Satartia, Tallahatchie, Tippah, Oktibbeha, Winona, Yalobusha, etc.

Noxubee means "stinking water" and I can attest to the correctness of the naming (at least at some parts of the Noxubee river). Shuqualak is actually pronounced "Sugar-lock." The only Choctaw words I really remember from when I studied it are issk which means deer, and isskina which is the word for horse but which literally translates as "it's kind of like a deer."

My friend Keith, who I went to school with at MSU, actually wrote the book on this particular subject: Native American Place Names in Mississippi.

[shovelingtom]

I used to teach out in Macon and Shuqualak. The locals say it "SHUG-uh-lahk" and the little town to the south (Wahalak) as "wa-HALL-uk" - I hated teaching in Shuqualak. And yes, Macon and all that area have an odor from the river.

I got laughed at for calling it Shuck-QUAY-lack, but that's how it looks to me. I can't say I particularly enjoy the Macon/Shuqualak area, despite quite liking Starkville.

Was an intern for a while at the Tombigbee National Forest, and spend quite a bit of time doing archaeological surveys around the Noxubee River up where you can jump over it pretty easily. It's stinky and mosquito infested and beautiful.

Would isskina be the original form of Issaquena? Or are these different words altogether?

I think so, but I'm not 100% sure. Haven't actually read Keith's book yet. My knowledge of Choctaw is elementary at best.

I was teaching at MSU last year and might again this year if the money returns. The economy tanked and all the schools were crushed by the Legislature. The offer given to my wife and me was far too low to make any profit at all. We would have been paying to teach. Shame. Maybe we will go back this coming year. They are keeping us somewhat involved out there...

Fingers crossed for you. I know that several of my friends who teach as adjuncts there were put through the ringer this year.