mike wilson wrote: > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > On the personality side I especially enjoyed > > pussy-cat Wheatfield, who > > I had known "virtually" for over five years but > > had never met. Was > > surprised by the accent and tenor of his voice - a > > little touch of > > a Scot's brogue there. > > > > With his surname (sorry to talk bout you in the third person, Bill) he > is probably from border stock, where many were Reavers (rustlers) and > other sorts of Robb ers. 8-) > > Seriously, it's a common name around there though I don't know the real > etymology. > > mike
Ah - my surprise was that he had more of a Scot and less of an "eh?" accent. As I recall (and that is usually a stretch) Bill's parents were born abroad but he was raised (and born?) on this side of the big pond. Mark ROberts comes by _his_ other side of the pond accent honestly ;) ann - midwesterner with just a tinge of New Yawk inflection - layed on with a trowel sometimes for fun. Maybe we should call him William Robb Roy....
