Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.aviation Subject: Re: Re: No joy? (-> accent of pilots) Message-ID: <875@aecom.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 16:58:49 EDT Article-I.D.: aecom.875 Posted: Mon Oct 15 16:58:49 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 06:41:04 EDT Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 15 > civil aviation, where all pilots (at least those I know) enjoy emulating > their heroes (in such ways as adopting a pseudo-Texan accent, like that > of the hero of "Right Stuff") whether they have a military background > or not. > > I think. Well one thing is true. It is not a pseudo-Texas accent. It is from West Virginia (read "The Right Stuff" book by Tom Wolfe), and based almost completely on the voice of the first man to break the sound barrier. -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner What do you expect? Watermelons are out of season!