Can anyone understand Shannon Sharp?

[URY914]

They couldn't fire him if they tried.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

This is not a black or white issue.

My observation of this issue tells me that, for the most part, this >is< a black issue - an issue within the black community/culture.
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I first noticed this way back when OJ was given a job with some TV broadcaster of NFL games. He was promptly sent to speech therapy and he vastly improved...God bless his soul.
But in the beginning he sounded like he was gargling ripe bananas...Shannon-esque.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Looking_for_911

I was almost thrown out of high school because of an English teacher that couldn't speak English. She spoke ala' Mr. Sharpe.

The year was 1979. It was the day before Christmas break. My English teacher was a lady, about 50-ish. She was an American, same race as Mr. Sharpe.
She stood before us and told us,
"Claa! Ov'r Chrimah holidey I wan' you to reae "Unkl' Tuh Cablin'" Whin yu com baaa yuu'lll hav' a tessss."

I asked her, "Mrs. "X" (in case a relative reads this board) what did you just say?" She repeated it. I still didn't understand. I asked again. She repeated it again. I still didn't get it and said so. She said, "Bouy, You jus tieyin' to be smarrr. Git douwn to de' officsse. We gunna pu' u outta skoo.""

I honestly did not realize my English teacher just told us, "Class! Over Christmas Holidays I want you to read 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' When you come back you'll have a test."
Then, "We're going to put you out of school!" Presumably because I was being a smart-arse, I suppose?

To say she sounded like Eddie Murphy's rendition of "Buckwheat" would not be correct. I could understand ol' Bucky. But her? hardly.
When she told me to get out and go to the office I didn't quite have it all but I caught "go to office" and went. The principal, a closet case man with a bad toupee asked why I was there. I told him what Mrs. "X" said. He just shook his head and told me to wait until the bell rang then go to my next class.

As far as I know she contiunued to teach English for many more years... may still be there, I don't know.

My dad was in the Air Force so we moved a lot. One year we moved from Hawaii to Alabama. My first day of third grade was in a classroom taught by a white teacher that had a thick southern accent. I could only understand about 10% of what she was saying. She gave us a "pop" spelling quiz. She just said the word and we were supposed to write it down. I made a ZERO. I did not get one word correct. She would say quwaa-ta and I was supposed to translate that to quarter. My parents explained to the principal that I could not understand her. I got a different teacher that tried to speak clearly. She was better but a long way from what I was used to.

[rammstein]

I remember OJ... he was worse. It sounded like you filled his mouth with marbles.

[strupgolf]

Originally Posted by Looking_for_911

I was almost thrown out of high school because of an English teacher that couldn't speak English. She spoke ala' Mr. Sharpe.

The year was 1979. It was the day before Christmas break. My English teacher was a lady, about 50-ish. She was an American, same race as Mr. Sharpe.
She stood before us and told us,
"Claa! Ov'r Chrimah holidey I wan' you to reae "Unkl' Tuh Cablin'" Whin yu com baaa yuu'lll hav' a tessss."

I asked her, "Mrs. "X" (in case a relative reads this board) what did you just say?" She repeated it. I still didn't understand. I asked again. She repeated it again. I still didn't get it and said so. She said, "Bouy, You jus tieyin' to be smarrr. Git douwn to de' officsse. We gunna pu' u outta skoo.""

I honestly did not realize my English teacher just told us, "Class! Over Christmas Holidays I want you to read 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' When you come back you'll have a test."
Then, "We're going to put you out of school!" Presumably because I was being a smart-arse, I suppose?

To say she sounded like Eddie Murphy's rendition of "Buckwheat" would not be correct. I could understand ol' Bucky. But her? hardly.
When she told me to get out and go to the office I didn't quite have it all but I caught "go to office" and went. The principal, a closet case man with a bad toupee asked why I was there. I told him what Mrs. "X" said. He just shook his head and told me to wait until the bell rang then go to my next class.

As far as I know she contiunued to teach English for many more years... may still be there, I don't know.

You do that so good, you should be his side kick. LOL

[cmccuist]

I grew up in Oakland and I understand him perfectly.

I was working in Algeria building a Liquefied Natural Gas plant and we had a few Scots working there (of which I are one according to my genealogy) - now those guys were unintelligible!

[herr_oberst]

Haven't watched pro football in years. (exception - the so-called "super bowl")
Watch the college game weekly.

Much happier now.