I was born in WV and was called a hillbilly. Even when I went to KY which was only 30 miles away, people laughed at the way I talked. Anyway, northerners would alway say people from WV had one leg shorter than the other from walking on the side of the hills. When I moved to Akron, OH from KY I went to work in a hospital as a Surgical Secretary. There was a really hi falutin Dr who thought he was better than anyone and he always made fun of the way I talked. One day I gave him a message that he was to call his office right now. He said, "Rat now, rat now, didn't they teach you how to talk where you came from". I replied that I might not talk the way he thought I should, but one thing I was taught that apparently he wasn't, that it was not polite to put down other people. Needless to say I was not one of his favorite people after that. Mary
Hi Mary, That is a horrible memory---how stupid that Dr. was to have had so much "education". I wonder where his smart mouth led him in life. He must not have been taught there is always someone smarter, richer, faster, bigger, better-looking, well you know that old saying. That's an old saying that is so true! Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mbdiggin@aol.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] > I was born in WV and was called a hillbilly. Even when I went to KY which > was only 30 miles away, people laughed at the way I talked. Anyway, > northerners would alway say people from WV had one leg shorter than the other > from walking on the side of the hills. When I moved to Akron, OH from KY I > went to work in a hospital as a Surgical Secretary. There was a really hi > falutin Dr who thought he was better than anyone and he always made fun of > the way I talked. One day I gave him a message that he was to call his > office right now. He said, "Rat now, rat now, didn't they teach you how to > talk where you came from". I replied that I might not talk the way he > thought I should, but one thing I was taught that apparently he wasn't, that > it was not polite to put down other people. Needless to say I was not one of > his favorite people after that. > Mary > >