Though I know nothing about this, I was having a vision of a Civil War
soldier putting one hand on his hip and saying hey girlfriend!
I think Deb is dead on...today's speech patterns are so different. I even
catch this on "That 70s Show" -- the young actors have inflections that we
did not use in the 70s. Being aware of the contemporary patterns, the
Chandler Bingisms, the California Girlisms, is most of the battle.
Candace Perry
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