I received this letter and it made my heart swell as a Mississippian. Perhaps you will appreciate it too. ======================================================= >>>>>......  I haven't read Miss Welty in some time but did very much like her works. As for drawls and suchlike, the sound of English is richest when it comes from Southern voices and from the 26 counties of the Irish republic. Language is sound pure and simple. I reckon it's no accident that the best writers in English come from the US South and Ireland.

Wow! Another feather in MS cap. --- Dover2@aol.com wrote: > I received this letter and it made my heart swell as a > Mississippian. > Perhaps you will appreciate it too. > > ======================================================= > > >>>>>......� > I haven't read Miss Welty in some time but did very much like her > works. As > for drawls and suchlike, the sound of English is richest when it > comes from > Southern voices and from�the 26 counties of the Irish republic. > Language is > sound pure and simple. I reckon it's no accident that the best > writers in > English come from the US South and Ireland. > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the > mouse. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/