5.06.2008

Hot Skillet

[5/12/08 UPDATE: Bored and fed up (in the mildest manner possible), I erased the flare up. Thanks to all who voted.
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OMG: check out the weird flare up in the comments on the video I posted ages ago to youtube. Is this for reals??

8 comments:

tooknap press said...

I'm having a hard time deciding on this one, but I'm leaning towards the choice to preserve the comments without jumping into the fray. it's complicated, to say the least. and btw, I love the video. my favorite is when IrishParkour calls it "controversial." Do they call it "coh-coh-la" in Sevierville?

Erk said...

I KNOW!! Now I can be introduced as a controversial filmmaker! How exciting!

Kenneth will have to weigh in on the "coh-coh-la" query: he's much better about separating out regional pronunciations.

tooknap press said...

terry thinks the video is beautiful. so do I.

Kenneth Burns said...

They certainly say co-cola in my hometown of Nashville. East Tennessee I'm not so sure about. My grandfather, an East Tennessean who came from generations of East Tennesseans, called Coke "dope" or "dopesy" or "dopesy-cola," locutions that regularly confused Red Lobster waitstaff. These apparently were a throwback to the time when Coke had actual cocaine in it.

Kenneth Burns said...

But many of my grandfather's distinctive turns of phrase turned out not to be regionalisms, but rather just weird things he said.

tooknap press said...

I wish I could have kicked it at Red Lobster with your grandfather with some Jumbo Shrimp.

Kenneth Burns said...

Those were the days!

Erk said...

jumbo shrimp attack!!