Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Certified Translator for Hillbilly" - I like that :) Back in the old Red Hat Linux days we put "redneck" in the installer as a language to test locale code, we left it in by accident one time and people liked it so it remained in there for quite a few releases. The actual translation grew as well. You know, I have been thinking about this past weekend and have noticed that *many* people I know who do *not* follow F1 have been talking about it. Perhaps the old "no publicity is bad publicity" adage is ringing true in this case? I bet the ticket sales are down next year, but the number of people who tune in to see if it runs is higher. Dave On 6/21/05, Marc James Small <msmall@aya.yale.edu> wrote: > At 10:15 AM 6/21/05 -0400, David Mason wrote: > >I've got to ring in here. Marc, you couldn't be more wrong. I > >challenge you to spend one night in the camping area of the US Grand > >Prix and say the same thing you just did. Let me apologize early for > >the derrogatory term I am about to use, but I am from the south and I > >have never seen so many rednecks in my life. And these rednecks love > >F1 as well as NASCAR. You don't go sleep in the Indy campground > >surrounded by other loud fans with your "Earnhardt" 3 and USA flags > >flying over your pop-up camper if you think the sport is for "effete > >method for auto racing" equated with "Espresso and NPR". > > Dave > > I apparently did not posit my message clearly. I was trying to say that > the US Populace equates Formula One with "Espresso and NPR", as they > clearly do. The average USian hasn't a clue to what Formula One is, and > many of them, for that matter, have only vaguely heard of NASCAR. Auto > racing is a significant sport in the US but it has a long way to go to > achieve the sort of impact which, say, basketball or football or baseball > have in terms of popular penetration. > > My best to your camping companions. If you need some assistance > understanding them, call me: I was once admitted as a "Certified > Translator for Hillbilly" in the Franklin County, Virginia, General > District Court, when a back of the hollow type started rumbling forth his > testimony and a rather sharp-tongued judge could not understand him. I > strode forth and translated, and the Judge will never allow me to forget > that day. (I have lots of family members with one leg shorter than the > other, and the only NASCAR follower in my kin is my own son, and he is in > Alaska, far from any NASCAR action. And, yes, he regards Formula One with > grand disdain, stating that it is for "liberal scum". But, bless his > heart, he also detests that ultimate of abominations, the DH rule in the > American League.) > > Marc > > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >