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Eric - 2004-02-08 21:30:02 It was invented neither for snarky blogs nor for snarky pages jeering those rustic ol' Michiganders' hick pronunciation--and if you dish snark out, you gotta take it. Preferably in good humor, which I still haven't seen evidence of.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-02-08 21:54:21 In addition, a *good* businessperson would take any contact from Michigan as an opportunity to set up contacts to market locally-produced goods, such as Mark Maynard's Ypsipanties instead of your (wink wink) "If you seek a pleasant peninsula" underwear or the oh-so-clever "I get off at exit 69" thongs. Unless you're more interested in making money off the idea of Michigan, instead of Michigan itself. Bah.* * * * * * * * * * * * Eric - 2004-02-09 07:24:10 So if I tried to make a quick buck using the image of Iggy Pop, would I or would I not be representing? Or is it more in the spirit of how I hawk my wares? As a former Pittsburgher, I find http://www.pittsburghese.com/ hilarious and not mean-spirited. Of course, I take a lot of serzone.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-02-09 09:02:17 I suppose, in all fairness, it depends on the spirit in which the viewer takes it as much as the spirit in which it was created, with plenty of room for misunderstanding in between. I tend to be prickly by nature. But, even after several deep breaths, I find boxers that proclaim "if you seek a pleasant peninsula" to be beyond cheesy. Still--that's just my opinion--that and $5.00 will get you a latte. Personally, having had the pleasure of visiting beautiful and exciting Seattle, I wonder why the many cool things in that town would not wipe one's memory clean of li'l old Michigan (no sarcasm--Seattle is gorgeous. I treasure my Space Needle squashed penny from the Space Needle squashed penny machine!) One of the coolest aspects is that you can zoom up to Vancouver on the weekend--one of my alltime favorite cities. Eric, I'm sure you've wandered through the immense Chinatown in Vancouver.* * * * * * * * * * * * The other Eric - 2004-02-20 12:31:37 YES!!! THANK you. "Plenty of room for misunderstanding in between." You nailed it on the head, Laura. The Michigan Accent site is NOT making fun of Michiganders, NOT jeering, NOT calling them hicks, as you folks suggest both here and in the previous thread. There's no snark being dished because I *am* a Michigander, and that's how I often speak. The site, in several places, explicitly states that it's done in jest and that I love my home state. And up until running across this little corner of Diaryland, the feedback has been all positive. The Michigear Store was my attempt to be silly, not to "shill Cobo napkin holders", or any other negatively stated assumption. The entire thing *is* cheesy because it was done as a JOKE, not as a business. Do you honestly think anyone's going to buy that thong? What prompted my irritation was finding my name and intentions derided online, through snap judgments about a total stranger...and dished by folks who appeared to have not read through the site. Glad to see in Laura's last post that it's not all negative, all the time. Peace. - e* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-02-20 12:44:14 The problem lies as always with the context-free internet where one man's light joke seems to another man like venomous cattiness. At any rate. Hope you check back in now and then Eric. * * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |