Rich - you're quite lucky to live so you can enjoy those folks. My wife, fluent in Italian, Spanish, and dangerous with French, can't speak a word of Southern beyond "ya'll". I often have to interpret for her with locals who speak Southern, but I have not yet spoken to anyone who replied in Gullah.
We have seen a Gullah translation of the bible, which is available locally. Difficult but possible to read, I'm sure that I wouldn't understand that language spoken very well. -Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:57 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Any other fans of the 600 SWB ? Yes they are very much around, there are some folks who live in a shack down a little dirt road across the road from me who speak only Gullah, no English. Most of the Gullah folk speak passable English, especially the younger kids, and can flip back and forth (the kids at the grocery stores are interesting to observe, as you did). The older ones are sometimes quite hard to understand if you can at all. Many of the folks on Kiawah would rather not to hear, see, or have any contact with these folks who have lived here by choice or circumstance for hundreds of years. It is sad, they are very nice people with lots of history and culture. This afternoon an older white man introduced himself as gullah, and spoke with a very thick accent. Some white folks who grew up in the community, especially the older ones, also can flip back and forth, and have very distinct accents. Another neighbor across the road, who has a truck farm http://www.rosebankfarms.com/ , is in his 70s and was born and grew up right here, can flip back and forth, goes to the black church next door to me and has forever I guess. He is quite a character. --R Gary Hurst wrote: > years ago, i stopped at the piggly wiggly on kiawah island and engaged > the backroom workers in dialogue. some barely spoke english, so i > assured them in my best fake bob marley accent that I was conversant > in the "gullah" so they could speak their native tongue to me. i > hadn't a clue what those guys were saying, but i sure loved the way they talked. > > those guys still around or are they just so many more dispersed natives? > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Rich Thomas < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > > >> I am fortunate to live a short bike ride over to Kiawah Island, which >> is like a zoo for older rich white people. Last fall sometime they >> had a car display at one of the parks on a gorgeous Saturday morning, >> so I pedaled over to look at the cars. There were some nice rides >> there, and some people sitting around, walking around, whatever. I >> attempted to engage some of them in idle conversation about the cars, >> etc. and no one seemed to be the least bit happy to be there or >> interested in sharing an interest in nice cars. That really bothered >> me. I think it was more of a "who has a bigger ...." kind of thing >> rather than enjoying nice cars on a beautiful day. I would wager I >> am happier driving my 26 and 31yo stinky Benzes and 34yo ratty Cad than any of them are in their $n00,000 spotless cars. >> >> I just don't get it, they seem to have very pampered but not very >> happy lives. >> >> --R >> >> E M wrote: >> >> >>> I agree, 100% >>> >>> Ed >>> 300E >>> >>> On 11 February 2010 16:29, Rich Thomas < >>> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>> Money can buy a lot of things, class is not one of them. >>>> >>>> --R >>>> >>>> >>>> E M wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I was a member of the Benz club for a few years here, and helped >>>>> with their regional mag. I found a lot more of that attitude than >>>>> with other car groups. Often members would have several different >>>>> makes of cars, Benz, Rollers, Ferrari. I once asked or tried to >>>>> strike up a conversation about Ferraris with one of the guys. I >>>>> was told, by someone else, he doesn't like to talk about his other >>>>> cars. Well, someone might want to tell him, and others, that >>>>> owning several cars, even nice ones, are probably some of the >>>>> worst kept secrets within a car club. lol. ( Wonder if he was >>>>> reluctant to talk about his Mercedes to his Ferrari friends?) lol >>>>> >>>>> I find a lot of the "attitude" is not so much with the owners of >>>>> certain cars, but more with people who have purchased certain >>>>> cars, but can't really afford to treat them for what they are, >>>>> cars. From my experience, the people who really love and buy >>>>> these cars for what they are, are more than happy to show them off >>>>> to whoever has an interest in them. >>>>> >>>>> It's like anything in life, you're going to get a few goofballs in >>>>> any group of people. Whatever you drive, there will always be >>>>> people who have something cooler, and more of them, so a bit of >>>>> modesty never hurts. You know, those old fashioned social graces, >>>>> that don't always come standard with an old used 600. ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Ed >>>>> 300E >>>>> >>>>> On 11 February 2010 15:00, glenn brown <g_010...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> When I was working/living in NY state and wasting my money on >>>>>> "The Star" >>>>>> magazine, there was an article on the M100 (I hope I remembered >>>>>> the name >>>>>> right) club which meets once a year in southern NY state. There >>>>>> are two main players who "operate things" in this club and the >>>>>> other fellow lives somewhere in northeast PA as I remember. >>>>>> Since my brother and I had visited a few Meadowbrook Concours >>>>>> d'Elegance events, we thought it would be a neat idea to attend >>>>>> one of the M100 meets as pics of a bunch of these vehicles in the >>>>>> same place would be pretty nice. I wrote a note to one of the >>>>>> fellows but got a somewhat snobbish note in return indicating >>>>>> that their meets were for M100 members only. As much as some of >>>>>> you/us may lust after these vehicles, I doubt if we'd fit into >>>>>> their "club" as my opinion of most of you on this list would >>>>>> suggest that we just wouldn't fit in even if we could afford one >>>>>> of these beasts. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> G. M. 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