Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 29, 2009
December 28, 2009
December 30, 2009
Transcript:
Captain Eddie: Theah I was, shipwrecked on a strange tropical island... and I wasn't alone... I asked him wheah I was. He said, tobongobongo, then told I was the fahst pahson from otuside theah island they evah sawr... Flo: Whoa - hold it... you expect us to believe he conveniently spoke English? Captain Eddie: No... we used the univahsal language... Joe: Which is... ? Captain Eddie: It's bettah known as suspension of disbelief. Joe: Ah... like in every episode of "Star Trek." Flo: Of cahse. How silly of me... Carry on...
Coming from four years in the Ozarks to South Boston, I felt the culture shock of ‘pahk yer cah’ with my hillbilly speech patterns (coming into fifth grade, no less). After about a year, it was less, but it certainly leaves an impression.