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07-30-2018, 10:07 PM
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So....I'm in the middle of a song......
Yeah.....I'm doing this solo gig where I'm basically background music......and I have a looper and it's playing the rhythm I recorded to the song Rude by Magic (irony alert) whilst I'm in my world, eyes closed, picking a lead.
Suddenly........ A waitress from the establishment comes-a patting me on my left shoulder.....and in a thick, Spanish accent....."do you know any villages?" I come crashing down from my trance.....eyes open.......(looper still going, still trying to maintain a solo. "huh....what?" "Villages.....do you know any villages?' "I'm sorry, no" "Oh, the girl over there, she wanted to hear villages"..........and she departs. I'm done noodling and I'm back in the song.....and she comes back with the guest this time......and again......mid song (I mean really, why do you gotta be so rude?) Now the patron, also in a thick, Spanish accent......."Beelly Joel" I smile....."yes, I can play you some Billy Joel"
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07-30-2018, 10:26 PM
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I think I knew her father...
 Back when I was in grad school and working as a bank teller to pay my tuition, a short, swarthy gentleman - also with a thick Spanish accent - came to my window and passed me a note, written on a guest check from the local diner where he worked... Using what is commonly known among kindergarten teachers as "inventive spelling," he requested "two dollars (in) pennies"... I'll let those of you familiar with Spanish-language phonics figure it out, since Forum guidelines (justifiably) preclude my transcribing his message here, as written...   You can't make this stuff up... 
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07-31-2018, 06:30 PM
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"Mistaking silence for weakness and contempt for fear is the final, fatal error of a fool" - Sicilian proverb (paraphrased) Last edited by Steve DeRosa; 08-01-2018 at 08:22 AM. Reason: typo
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08-04-2018, 08:35 AM
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The interruption aside, I wonder how many of these thick accented people speak better foreign languages than those who would criticize their thick accents? No reason to bring up the accent other than to demean them.
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08-04-2018, 03:05 PM
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Our prime purpose in this life it to help others and if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. -Dalai Lama
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08-04-2018, 03:24 PM
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Quote:
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"Mistaking silence for weakness and contempt for fear is the final, fatal error of a fool" - Sicilian proverb (paraphrased)
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