River ,'War Stories'
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When I was a kid, every so often someone from the Marvel Comics universe would come to England, or meet an English character, and they would all without exception have an annoying cockney accent, if not actually use rhyming slang.
I got the impression that the USA's impressions of the UK were formed from the experiences of GIs stationed in central London for two weeks in 1942.
Exactly the thing I would want to avoid, John(Well, the idea, anyway.) Cause, until recently, the stuff we saw of "yours" would be only modern on occasion...PBS not known for the hip and happening, but even they have changed their attitude lately, with cable.
the USA's impressions of the UK were formed from the experiences of GIs stationed in central London for two weeks in 1942.
Also Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie novels.
Wrod, Betsy. Which, mad props to them, but that was like "their" England, not necessarily the one Fay gets up in now. But they did increase my curiosity about places I hadn't been to, which is good for teenagers, I think.
I got the impression that the USA's impressions of the UK were formed from the experiences of GIs stationed in central London for two weeks in 1942.
Bwah!
Well exactly.
But that has actually reminded me of Steve Earle's song "Johnny Come Lately" which I love.
When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain
Met a little girl in the field canteen
Painted her name on the nose of my plane
Six more missions I'm gone
[...] Well they can ship me all over this great big world
But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl
I'm taking you home with me one day, Shirl
Soon as we win this war
(John, yr current tag is
ThereÕs no such thing as a soul! ItÕs just something they made up to scare kids, like the Boogie Man or Michael Jackson.
with those third-drawer apostrophes.)
Sorry! I'm fixing it as we speak. And, ha!, with the third-drawer thing.
And, ha!, with the third-drawer thing.
Stealing other people's lines. It's what I do.
Got to go, back later, and/or talk tomorrow, I hope.