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From: Hachiroku on 5 Apr 2010 15:59
"When we visted my husband's home country of Kenya..."

Now, does that mean she's STILL not proud of America, or is that what's
known as an 'oooops'....?
From: charlesgrozny on 5 Apr 2010 17:08

"Hachiroku" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
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> "When we visted my husband's home country of Kenya..."
>
> Now, does that mean she's STILL not proud of America, or is that what's
> known as an 'oooops'....?

Hmmm.

OTOH, you can't accurately pin down where my home town is. I really don't
have one.

I lived in Chicago for a decade, then in little downstate towns a year and a
half on average each.

Lived in a number of places in Arkansas over a little more than a decade.

Lived in Kankakee a while, then over the Chicago area again, now I'm out in
the 'burbs.

I almost can quote the old Johnny Cash song by heart. "I've been every
where, man."

Charles Grozny


From: DemoDisk on 5 Apr 2010 20:03

"charlesgrozny" <n5hsr(a)sprynet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Hachiroku" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:hpdfe4$8u6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> > "When we visted my husband's home country of Kenya..."
> >
> > Now, does that mean she's STILL not proud of America, or is that
what's
> > known as an 'oooops'....?
>
> Hmmm.
>
> OTOH, you can't accurately pin down where my home town is. I really
don't
> have one.
>
> I lived in Chicago for a decade, then in little downstate towns a year
and a
> half on average each.
>
> Lived in a number of places in Arkansas over a little more than a
decade.
>
> Lived in Kankakee a while, then over the Chicago area again, now I'm
out in
> the 'burbs.
>
> I almost can quote the old Johnny Cash song by heart. "I've been
every
> where, man."
>
> Charles Grozny


It's an 'Ooops." Me-chelle should have said "my husband's *ancestral
home* of Kenya."

Here in the South (capitalized, y'know) you're *from* wherever you were
born. If you moved to ABCville and claim you're from there, somebody
will correct you.

An author from Charlottesville, Virgina told a story about a friend of
hers (American) who was retiring from the school where she had taught
for over 50 years. A former student at the gathering praised her, saying
how nice she was "for a foreigner."


From: ron on 5 Apr 2010 20:55
I do believe she said it right.

I was born a Texan and am a Texan. However during WWII the army moved my
dad to California where we spent most of the next 66 or so years. Never did
consider myself a Californian ( know native born Californians that change
the subject), now, since I now live in Idaho, and I feel like an Idaho
resident but not an Idahoan either.

So as I said above, I am pretty sure she said it right. After all, we only
have his word about anything on his resume and we ALL know he has always
told the truth......... Professor of constitutional law, CSPAN, 57 states.

From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Apr 2010 22:03
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:03:14 -0500, DemoDisk wrote:

>
> It's an 'Ooops." Me-chelle should have said "my husband's *ancestral home*
> of Kenya."

I was referring to a "Freudian ooops", in that, it's the truth and it
slipped out.

One set of grand parents came from Germany. I don't call Germany my home
country.

The other set came from Italy (gee, maybe there's a reason I lose
arguements with myself). I don't call Italy my home country.

No, I bet she hit it right on the head in an unthinking moment.



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