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1. Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

   @fontana, BTW, #Goucher was an all womens' school which changed that in the 1980s. It was the #Balmur version of #Simmons in some ways.

   about a year ago from web
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, I can give you a bigger sample set to go on of a #Baltimore accent, but you aren't answering your telephone (again).

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     I had a whole phone call w/ @fontana where I spoke fully like an unedumacated person from #Balmur. Hopefully gave him a good sense of accent

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, note there are a variety of different accents around #Balmur. I was imitating how my grandmother spoke,which was a Brooklyn accent

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, and before you say "WTF?!?!", note that there is a #Brooklyn in #Balmur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_Baltimore

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn karen sandler , Denver Gingerich

     I confused @ossguy & @kaz last week by making reference to #Essex (meaning one near #Balmur, not in England): http://ur1.ca/4ibyg

     about a year ago
   • Justin O'Brien Richard Fontana

     @fontana dude come on Essex can't suck that bad :)

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, #Balmur is south of the Mason-Dixon, but we were on the North's side in the Civil War. Syllable-dropping is all Northern!

     about a year ago
   • Fabian Scherschel

     @bkuhn Mason-Dixon. That makes me think of "Sailing to Philadelphia" :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylbMDG26Bkw

     
     about a year ago
   • Lou Gagliardi

     @bkuhn I thought Maryland was one of those border, neutral states in the Civil War? But thanks for correcting me. Seriously.

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Lou Gagliardi

     @loug,it's complicated; I was exaggerating. MD was incredibly important to Lincoln so that DC wasn't cut off. MD voted to emancipate mid war

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, honestly, I never used to say "hon". As I said, yesterday I was imitating my grandmother's accent. She ended every sentence w/ it.

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, The main reason I changed my accent is that I felt people w/ heavy #Balmur accents didn't sound edumacated. I wanted to sound so.

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn disturbing , Richard Stallman Political Notes , Richard Fontana

     @fontana,why !disturbing to want to sound educated? BTW, @rms has straightforward Manhattan accent,which sounds reasonable albeit aggressive

     about a year ago
   • diablomarcus Richard Fontana

     @fontana in all seriousness, that comment bothered me a bit too, but I gave @bkuhn a break due to prior knowledge of good intentions

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana,Likely more than *I* was victim of #bigotry. I attended prep school in #Towson; my #Balmur accent revealed lower-middle-class-ness

     about a year ago
   • Andy C Richard Fontana

     @fontana It would be really great if you hailed from Montana. Then you would be 'Richard Fontana from Montana'. Did you lose the accent ?

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, I agree it isn't a good thing. I was describing why I felt so strongly the need to accent minimize. #classism #bigotry #Balmur

     about a year ago
   • Kevin Granade Richard Fontana

     @fontana are you saying the classism is bad or the accent minimization or both?

     about a year ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, yes, I considered applying to #Goucher, actually. Our multi-high-school Amnesty International meetings were hosted there, BTW.

     about a year ago