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Originally Posted by HarryT
Thanks, Matt; I've read the article on Wikipedia and she certainly sounds like an interesting person.
I was amused by your comment about the journalist's accent. A year or two ago I went on a coach tour on which there was a couple from Louisville, Kentucky. Very nice people, but we literally could not understand a word that each other said - I couldn't understand their "southern" accent and they couldn't understand my British accent. Luckily, though, there was someone sitting near us who was from New York, who was able to act as an interpreter  . |
Haha. Good 'ol English vs American English. This reporter's first language wasn't English, though. I think he was French (I don't really remember), but regardless, the accent was really thick. I lived in Asia for three years while in the navy, so I got used to their broken English and I can converse with them no problem. But now I'm really bad with European accents, apparently. Go figure.
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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
I know who she is, but, shrug. I don't care who uses what. All that matters is whether something works for me, and I'd expect anyone with sense to use what works for him or her.
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I guess what I found interesting about it was that she made it out to be a generational thing when I think that for the first time, e-books are really starting to transcend generations. I think the Kindle has been especially successful with this. When I got the Kindle 2, I gave the first one to my Dad. My step-mom was sad that it was nearly impossible to get him to share because he loved it so much. So last weekend I gave the Kindle 2 to my step-mom because I now have the Kindle 3. She LOVES it. She couldn't believe all the features it had on it, how easy it is to read, that she could resize text, and even listen to the book if wanted to. So I'm sure McCain would have a far easier time winning over her parents on e-books than, say, gay marriage. Haha.