Quoting Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > AR: > > Have you noticed the "Southern accent" has disappeared? > > Tell that to or own Walter O. and Phil E. Some months ago I happened to > speak to both of them on the phone. I learned later that they complained of > > my accent. Impossible to understand, their conversational responses were > just wild guesses at what I might have said. > snip As I recall, either you phoned my hotel room in T.O. in the middle of a chess game I was having with Erin, or Erin phoned you in the middle of our chess game. In either case, I cannot recall our conversation. However, it should be noted that I do not recall complaining about the intelligibility of your accent. Nor do I recall Phil lodging such a complaint. As I remember it, there was a significant amount of static on the line and that prevented me from hearing whatever it was that you wished to say to me, Erin and/or Phil. Cheers, Walter O. Montreal, QC ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html