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putali

Tom Waits Tribute

Jul 16, 2004 21:17

It was 7:30 p.m. The evening stumbled home with its tie undone and the moon’s teeth marks were on the sky. I was shivering as I ambled down the desolate street. It was colder than a well digger’s ass.

A thin and tattered bum hollered religious rhetoric on the corner as I passed.

“Just see if you can come up with a figure that matches your faith ( Read more... )

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diverged July 17 2004, 23:21:38 UTC

I haven't even checked to see if I've missed any other LJ posts recently-- this jumped right out at me. Thanks so much for putting it up!! :D :hug:

hussnfussn July 18 2004, 16:10:02 UTC

you can hear the sad out of tune piano playing in the background...wow, great post.

(speaking about canadians earlier - dont know why I thought of this - but you know what MOST americans think they know about canada?? is that you all say aboot..and that's about it...pretty sad.)

cheekygremlin July 19 2004, 03:52:39 UTC

AAHHHHAAHAH HA HA HA HA HA!!!! *wipes tears from eyes* AH HA HA HA!! A BOOOOOOT!!!

whats that aboot? hussnfussn July 19 2004, 13:10:31 UTC

I know its sad, but i am SERIOUS, anytime anyone brings up ANYTHING about Canada, some moron (normally a guy, dont ask me why) figures a way to work aboot into the next sentence and everyone has a hearty American chuckle..::shudders:: its more predictable than a woody allen rant

oh oh are there any key phrases or pronunciations we get made fun of for?

Re: whats that aboot? cheekygremlin July 19 2004, 18:34:56 UTC

I know you were serious. Thats why it's funny. Check out Putali's second post on her journal. It mentiones ABOOT.
All Canadians are positive that they do NOT say aboot, btw. We just think Yanks are insane. Then Big Sis moved there and had an apiphany. We don't so much say Aboot as you guys all say Abaow. With very soft 't'. So when we say abouT and pronounce the 'T' as hard is sounds to you guys like aboot. Don't ask how this works. I don't know. Anyway, that is why I laughed.
Oh and the key phrases that we all think you guys say? 'Huh' instead of 'eh'. And Sarry instead of Sorry.
I had a phone conversation with one of our net pals a while ago and any time I said 'About' he would giggle like an idiot and then he would say 'Oh Sarry' and I would giggle like an idiot.

Re: whats that aboot? diverged July 20 2004, 16:27:27 UTC

IT'S NOT JUST THE 'T' DAMMIT!!

Okay, no one ever deserves cap lock...

There is a difference in the vowel sound, though, whether you gals want to believe it or not. So-rry. (You probably pronounce that funny, too. :runs for cover ( ... )

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cytaren July 29 2004, 23:54:11 UTC

Wow - I really liked that. So much fun how you told the story with the use of his lyrics to help you along! (and what great lyrics!)

putali August 1 2004, 23:48:50 UTC

hey thanks! ;-)