Re: brushing shoulders with Holden Caulfield?

Yeah...sounds like the way it'd be for people who have been in an area
for generations. Pretty cool. It wasn't like that where I grew up.

Give them 400 years or so. Maybe we'd all learn Spanish, Korean, and
Chinese and speak them all at once.

Jim

Yocum Daniel Civ 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

>The culture I grew up with was the same at home, outdoors, and three blocks
>over (actually two ditches over), it was the same in school and late on
>Friday night. And when someone from another culture interacted with the
>community it was interesting, entertaining, and educational. We had
>different cultures that could be shared like going on a trip to Europe but
>we had a home (community) to come back to. I guess the difference that we
>are talking about is that my private culture was not restricted to indoors
>but exists in a larger world. I agree that things influence culture but
>without a community they become only things over time. My wife claims that
>my mocho becomes thick whenever I am around the plebe but I never notice it
>but I do notice her yupper "eh' get thick when she is around her sisters.
>My wife has lived with my family for over 11 years now (community) and my
>friend was laughing at her the other day because she responds to outlandish
>comments with "oh see" or rather "o' si'" which is a very New Mexican
>manner.
>Daniel
>
>
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