On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Jim Sharkey wrote:
> > I'd say there is a difference with Chretien, being that English is his
> *second* language. I assume English is Bush's first... as long as Texan
> actually counts as English. ;p
> > Gord
>
> I dunno. I'm sure Texas, like most states, certainly has its local
> colloquialisms. For example, folks are always "fixin'" to do something and
> "reckonin'" on it. I bet when GWB's wife asked him about campaigning for
> President, he said "Reckon' I'm fixin' to do just that." :)
>
> I 'd guess that even all that Ivy League education couldn't have driven out
> any real Texans inner John Wayne. ;-)
>From a Texan's point of view the real question is, can sitting around in
Midland with his dad's oil buddies for a couple of years insert enough
John Wayne to drive out the inner Ivy-League Washington-insider
milquetoast? ;-) Well, maybe it has--enough Texans seem to think so.
But then Texas is an infectious kind of place, like that Lyle Lovett song
says: "you catch it on your fingers and it crawls right up your sleeve."
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
